From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30653 invoked by alias); 30 Jun 2012 08:40:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 30641 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jun 2012 08:40:47 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from localhost (HELO gcc.gnu.org) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:40:35 +0000 From: "clivegpage at gmail dot com" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug fortran/53796] I/O INQUIRE of RECL: If not specified in OPEN, the default value should be returned (sequential access) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:40:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: fortran X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: clivegpage at gmail dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2012-06/txt/msg02007.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53796 --- Comment #12 from Clive Page 2012-06-30 08:40:34 UTC --- Jerry > Try this variation: > > integer(kind=8) :: s, r > open(unit=1, file='testsize.f90', status='old', recl=500) > inquire(unit=1, size=s, recl=r) > print *, 'size=', s, ' recl=', r > end Yes, that works as expected, giving r=500. The case that doesn't work as expected is when you don't use RECL in the OPEN statement, and use inquire to find the default size limit. I assume you are right that -1 represents the maximum unsigned integer - just a pity that Fortran interprets it as -1 not the largest +ve value. Regards