http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61002
Bug ID: 61002 Summary: Can't divide by 0 Product: gcc Version: 4.8.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: fkrogh#gcc at mathalacarte dot com If I have a statement like real(kind(1.0d0)), parameter :: big=1.0d0/0.0d0 the compile fails with an error even when using the option -ffpe-trap= The man page for gcc makes this excellent point -Wno-div-by-zero Do not warn about compile-time integer division by zero. Floating- point division by zero is not warned about, as it can be a legitimate way of obtaining infinities and NaNs. And in fact, all I'm trying to do is obtain infinity.