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Re: Identifier name length in g77

by "robin" <robin_v@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jun 11, 2008 at 04:24 AM

"Łukasz" <lukaszb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:g08s85$cs7$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
 




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Identifier name length in g77
=?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz?=  2008-05-12 09:38:31 
Re: Identifier name length in g77
"Dr Ivan D. Reid&quo  2008-05-12 12:53:00 
Re: Identifier name length in g77
Dick Hendrickson <dick  2008-05-12 14:17:02 
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lindahl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-12 11:56:27 
Re: Identifier name length in g77
"robin" <rob  2008-06-11 04:24:29 
Re: Identifier name length in g77
Tim Prince <tprince@[E  2008-06-11 05:46:25 

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