http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52101
Bug #: 52101
Summary: Obsolescence warning for non-obs. feature character
name*length
Classification: Unclassified
Product: gcc
Version: 4.6.2
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: fortran
AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: john.har...@vuw.ac.nz
Gfortran 4.6.2 -std=f95 says a declaration character name*length is
obsolescent. IMHO it is not; the obsolescent form is character*length name.
Gfortran 4.4.4 is correct on this matter. See below.
rimu[~]$ cat obschar.f90
! Character*length is obsolescent, not character name*length
character greet*11
greet = 'Hello world'
print *,greet
end
rimu[~]$ gfortran -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i386-redhat-linux6E
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
--enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-gnu-unique-object
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --disable-libgcj
--with-mpfr=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.4.4-20100726/obj-i386-redhat-linux6E/mpfr-install/
--with-ppl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.4.4-20100726/obj-i386-redhat-linux6E/ppl-install
--with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.4.4-20100726/obj-i386-redhat-linux6E/cloog-install
--with-tune=generic --with-arch=i586 --build=i386-redhat-linux6E
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.4 20100726 (Red Hat 4.4.4-13) (GCC)
rimu[~]$ gfortran -std=f95 obschar.f90
rimu[~]$ ./a.out
Hello world
rimu[~]$ /tmp/gf/bin/gfortran -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/tmp/gf/bin/gfortran
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /tmp/gcc-4.6.2/configure --prefix=/tmp/gf
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --disable-libada --with-gmp=/home/harperj1
--with-mpfr-include=/home/harperj1/mpfr-3.0.0
--with-mpfr-lib=/home/harperj1/mpfr-3.0.0/.libs
--with-mpc=/home/harperj1/mpc-0.9
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.6.2 (GCC)
rimu[~]$ /tmp/gf/bin/gfortran -std=f95 obschar.f90
obschar.f90:2.18:
character greet*11
1
Warning: Obsolescent feature: Old-style character length at (1)
rimu[~]$
