Re: Integers and standard

Steven G. Kargl wrote:
In article
<02tjk.138695$102.39915@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James
Giles" <jamesgiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I certainly think that if the compiler doesn't detect integer
overflow at run-time, there should at least be an option to
ignore the problem at compile-time as well.

-fno-range-check has been availabe for more than 2 years. RTFM.

I see no reason for foul language (unless the F in the above
abbreviationis to be assumed to be other than the usual). I already
stated quite clearly that I don't have gfortran installed. I don't
have the "fine" manual. I don't plan to get it. I was making
a statement about implementations in general. Your's happened
to be the specific one exemplified in the current thread.

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J. Giles

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design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously
no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated
that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability" -- E. W. Dijkstra


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