For the program program main implicit none real :: xx double precision :: yy call random_seed() call random_number(yy) xx = yy ! assign double to single print*,"yy =",yy print*,"xx =",xx end program main
g95 -Wall -Wextra says In file xreal_dp.f90:7 xx = yy 1 Warning (140): Implicit conversion at (1) may cause precision loss I request a similar warning from gfortran. None is currently given when compiling with gfortran -Wall -pedantic -std=f2003 xreal_dp.f90 . Vivek Rao -- Summary: warn about implicit conversion causing loss of precision Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: vivekrao4 at yahoo dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31637