https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67039
Bug ID: 67039
Summary: Documentation of pseudorandom number intrinsics is
incorrect
Product: gcc
Version: 5.2.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: trivial
Priority: P3
Component: fortran
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: spam.brian.taylor at gmail dot com
Target Milestone: ---
The gfortran documentation for the RANDOM_NUMBER and RANDOM_SEED subroutines
indicates that they are part of Fortran 95 and later. In fact, they were
included in the Fortran 90 standard.
The gfortran documentation for the SRAND subroutine, a GNU extension, includes
in the "Notes" section the following: "The Fortran 2003 standard specifies the
intrinsic RANDOM_SEED to initialize the pseudo-random numbers generator and
RANDOM_NUMBER to generate pseudo-random numbers." The reference here should be
to the Fortran 90 standard, not 2003.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.2.0/gfortran/RANDOM_005fNUMBER.html#RANDOM_005fNUMBER
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.2.0/gfortran/RANDOM_005fSEED.html#RANDOM_005fSEED
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.2.0/gfortran/SRAND.html#SRAND
