Re: Identifier name length in g77

"£ukasz" <lukaszb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> Could somebody tell what is the limitation on the length of identifier
> names (functions, variables) in GNU g77 compiler ?
> To my knowledge, the Fortran 77 standard limits these names to just six
> characters.

That is correct.

> On the other hand actual compilers, including g77, permit
> using longer names (which I usually do). Now I'm debugging a piece of
> code in which I used this freedom but encountered some strange
> behaviours and am not sure whether I did not go with identifier names
> lengths to far.

Just try a long name (equal to the longest that you used) in a 2-line
program.