------- Comment #1 from jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-12-08 23:22 ------- A quick look at the IBM Fortran manual on this states that the (un)formatted= specifier indicates whether or not a file may be connected or not as an (un)formatted file. The wording appears clearer than the Fortran standards.
Not intending to copy that particular wording, but this does need some word engineering and probably some review by some of our experts. I think the particular implementation in gfortran is OK. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30123