-@c Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the G77 manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file g77.texi.
@c Keep this the same as the dates above, since it's used
@c in the standalone derivations of this file (e.g. NEWS).
-@set copyrights-news 1995-1999
+@set copyrights-news 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001
-@set last-update-news 1999-06-18
+@set last-update-news 2001-04-21
@include root.texi
Note that two variants of @code{g77} are tracked below.
The @code{egcs} variant is described vis-a-vis
previous versions of @code{egcs} and/or
-an official FSF version,
-as appropriate.
+an official FSF version, as appropriate.
+Note that all such variants are obsolete @emph{as of July 1999} -
+the information is retained here only for its historical value.
Therefore, @code{egcs} versions sometimes have multiple listings
to help clarify how they differ from other versions,
@ifclear USERVISONLY
An online, ``live'' version of this document
(derived directly from the mainline, development version
-of @code{g77} within @code{egcs})
+of @code{g77} within @code{gcc})
is available at
-@uref{http://egcs.cygnus.com/onlinedocs/g77_news.html}.
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/onlinedocs/g77_news.html}.
@end ifclear
The following information was last updated on @value{last-update-news}:
-@heading In development:
+@heading In development, 0.5.27, @code{GCC} 3.1 versus @code{GCC} 3.0:
@itemize @bullet
@ifclear USERVISONLY
@item
-Upgrade to @code{libf2c} as of 1999-06-18.
+[ Nothing yet ]
+@end ifclear
+@end itemize
+
+@heading In prerelease, 0.5.26, @code{GCC} 3.0 versus @code{GCC} 2.95:
+@itemize @bullet
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+When a REWIND was issued after a WRITE statement on an unformatted
+file, the implicit truncation was performed by copying the truncated
+file to /tmp and copying the result back. This has been fixed by using
+the @code{ftruncate} OS function. Thanks go to the GAMESS developers
+for bringing this to our attention.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+It is not necessary anymore to use the option @code{-femulate-complex}
+to compile Fortran code using COMPLEX arithmetic, even on 64-bit machines
+(like the Alpha). This will improve code generation.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+INTRINSIC arithmetic functions are now treated as routines that do not
+depend on anything but their argument(s). This enables further instruction
+scheduling, because it is known that they cannot read or modify arbitrary
+locations.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+Upgrade to @code{libf2c} as of 2000-12-05.
+
+This fixes a bug where a namelist containing initialization of LOGICAL
+items and a variable starting with T or F would be read incorrectly.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+Using options @code{-g}, @code{-ggdb} or @code{-gdwarf[-2]} (where
+appropriate for your target) now also enables debugging information
+for COMMON BLOCK and EQUIVALENCE items to be emitted.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+The @code{TtyNam} intrinsics now set @var{Name} to all spaces (at run time)
+if the system has no @code{ttyname} implementation available.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
+Upgrade to @code{libf2c} as of 1999-06-28.
+
+This fixes a bug whereby
+input to a @code{NAMELIST} read involving a repeat count,
+such as @samp{K(5)=10*3},
+was not properly handled by @code{libf2c}.
+The first item was written to @samp{K(5)},
+but the remaining nine were written elsewhere (still within the array),
+not necessarily starting at @samp{K(6)}.
@end ifclear
@end itemize
@ifclear USERVISONLY
@item
+@code{libg2c} (@code{libf2c}) fixes a bug whereby
+input to a @code{NAMELIST} read involving a repeat count,
+such as @samp{K(5)=10*3},
+was not properly handled by @code{libf2c}.
+The first item was written to @samp{K(5)},
+but the remaining nine were written elsewhere (still within the array),
+not necessarily starting at @samp{K(6)}.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
@c Tim Prince reported this, regarding the TEST_FPU benchmark.
Automatic arrays now seem to be working on HP-UX systems.
@end ifclear
@ifclear USERVISONLY
@item
+The @code{Date} intrinsic now returns the correct result
+on big-endian systems.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
Fix @code{g77} so it no longer crashes when compiling
I/O statements using keywords that define @code{INTEGER} values,
such as @samp{IOSTAT=@var{j}},
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