Re: busting sp datatypes

glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

character*7 x(10)
....
! without c_sizeof(), the 7 in the qsort call assumes
! no padding in the array. It works with g95, but I don't
! know if other compilers might add padding.

If they claim to conform to the standard, they better not. Derived types
are a different matter, but character is pretty much "tied down" in such
matters. Not worth digging out the citations.

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