https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89783
Bug ID: 89783
Summary: Can do an internal READ of a character array when it
is a parameter, but not a scalar character parameter
Product: gcc
Version: 7.3.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: fortran
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: urbanjost at comcast dot net
Target Milestone: ---
Inconsistently, a scalar parameter CHARACTER variable fails with an internal
READ,
but a vector parameter CHARACTER variable works with an internal READ.
Not actually sure which one is wrong, but it is inconsistent. Could not find
anything in the Fortran standard that definitively cleared it up, other than
saying that
ยท "A record of an internal file is a scalar character variable".
with emphasis on "variable"(?). It seems one of them should be wrong, though.
This fails:
program nanio
character(len=*),parameter :: VALUE='NaN'
read(VALUE,*)float
write(*,*)float
end program nanio
PRODUCES THIS ERROR...
read(VALUE,*)float
1
Error: UNIT specification at (1) must be an INTEGER expression or a
CHARACTER variable
This works:
program nanio
character(len=*),parameter :: VALUES(*)=[character(len=10) ::
'NaN','NAN','nan','Inf','INF','inf','Infinity']
do i=1,size(VALUES)
read(VALUES(i),*)float
write(*,*)float
enddo
end program nanio
