[Info-vax] Fortran

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/6/18 8:58 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/6/2018 8:48 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> Specifically Hollerith fields.
>>
>> Your example has been playing on my mind.  I figured it out.
>> You deliberately wrote it to be difficult to read.
>>
>> Observe:
>>
>>  >     I truly believe that the vast majority consider:
>>  >      4HABCD,4HEFGH
>>  >  more difficult to read than:
>>  >     'ABCDEFGH'
>>
>> How about:   8HABCDEFGH
>>
>> Why did you choose to split your Hollerith example?  Other
>> than to make it "more difficult to read"?
> 
> Assuming INTEGER*8 not available, then I believe
> that the 8H construct is only valid in FORMAT and
> not in DATA or assignment.
> 

OK, I can see that.  But the biggest use I ever saw for
H Format was for output, like headers on a report.  Guess
when it comes down to it there really wasn't all that
much use of it.

But, I stand by my (and others) original comment. Having
it does not imply mandatory use.  But removing it still
breaks existing code.  Why break it if leaving it in
really does no harm?

bill