On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Michael Goffioul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Jaroslav Hajek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > f2c does not support automatic arrays; g77 does, as do most other f77 > > compilers (and all f90+). I'm fairly used to automatic arrays; > > however, if there is serious need to compile the package using f2c, I > > I personally don't need it. It is just to include it into the > Windows binary package I'm preparing. > > > > think I can transform the code to use external workspaces only, > > at the cost oflesser readability. I guess you're compilingon windows, > > right? I think there were also other F77 compilers for Windows freely > > available, like Watcom Fortran 77... > > The problem with using another F77 compiler is the compatibility > with the runtime used by MSVC. By using f2c, I'm sure to be > compatible. Besides, switching to another compiler would require > much time, which I don't have for the time being. > > Michael. >
OK, no problem then. Should I do something to mark the package as "not suitable for f2c"? I could add a check for f2c to the configure script to exit in a graceful way, rather than crashing at compilation. Would that be of any help? -- RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek computing expert Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU) Prague, Czech Republic url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
