Re: Need interpretation

Ron Shepard <ron-shepard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> read(10,cmft,iostat=ierr) i ! this should generate an eof error

Please note that eof is *NOT* an error.

> I think "2" should be the output on the last line, but some
> compilers don't handle the implicit endfile correctly and they print
> out "1" instead. My version of gfortran happens to print out "0",
> which is just an outright error I think.
>
> Is it correct that the standard does define what the above program
> should write in that last write statement?

Yes. And yes, it should be a 2. The first backspace backspaces over the
(possibly virtual) endfile record. The second backspaces over the "2"
record.

I haven't experimented with this in recent years myself, but I've been
told that most compilers get it right these days. I can't vouch for how
accurate that is.

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