------- Comment #2 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-08-31 09:11 ------- "9.3 Internal files" "(2) A record of an internal file is a scalar character variable." "(3) If the file is a scalar character variable, it consists of a single record whose length is the same as the length of the scalar character variable. If the file is a character array, it is treated as a sequence of character array elements."
I'm not sure that one necessarily has always to write: 1)&STUFF 2)N= 123, 3)/ I think NAG f95 does it standard conform and sensible: With: character(30) :: line(3) 1) &STUFF N = 123/ 2) 3) With: character(10) :: line(3) ! or 15 1) &STUFF 2) N = 123/ 3) With: character(9) :: line(3) 1) &STUFF 2) N = 123 3) / With: character(8) :: line(3) 1) &STUFF 2) N = 3) 123/ gfortran (and g95) print: Fortran runtime error: End of record when the data does not fit into a single record/array element. (I don't know how to decide without to many CPU cycles when to start a new record.) -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37294
