Re: [G95] SPec2k compile results

[Steven G. K. <ka...@at...>]

Steven Bosscher wrote:

> Do other compilers accept '*', 'c' and 'C' in column 1 as comment lines
> in free form?  My HP-UX compiler does, I think PGI does, and I think
> Cray/Absoft does, too.  Can anyone confirm this?  Maybe we should allow
> it as an extension :-\
>

kargl[203] cat a.f90
program a

c a comment

end program a

kargl[204] f95 a.f90
Error: a.f90, line 3: Unrecognised statement
Error: a.f90, line 3: syntax error
***Malformed statement
[f95 terminated - errors found by pass 1]

NAG does not allow it.  Also, consider

progam a
cx=1.e0
end program

Is cx a variable or is x = 1.e0 commented out?

-- 
steve