Re: [PATCH, Fortran] pad char to int conversions with spaces instead of zeros (legacy)

[Mark Eggleston <mark.eggleston@codethink.co.uk>]

On 12/12/2018 12:06, Mark Eggleston wrote:
> I'm about to build the compiler with
>
>   memset (buffer, 0x20, buffer_size);
>
> instead of
>
>   memset (buffer, (flag_dec_pad_with_spaces ? 0x20 : 0x0), buffer_size);
>
> and will check again, if necessary a padding variable can be used 
> instead initially set to zero and changed to 0x20 when it is known 
> that the source is character.

It was indeed necessary to only use 0x20 for padding when the source is 
known to be character. One more check was to transfer a character(4) 
variable to an integer(8) variable, there is no space padding. I don't 
yet know whether this matches the behaviour of other compilers.

I don't currently have access to other compilers. I can have some test 
cases performed on xlf and SunStudio but won't get any answers until 
after Christmas. The answer will determine whether I have any more work 
to do.

Mark


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