------- Comment #3 from kargl at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-10-15 14:13 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > The manual reads: > > > > VALUES The type shall be REAL, DIMENSION(2). > > > > where I understand REAL as REAL(4). Hence if you want to use > > -fdefault-real-8, > > you have to avoid the "promotion" of the ETIME argument by using > > > > real(4) :: t(2) > > Actually, the current manual does explicitly state REAL(4) > e.g. for the extension SECNDS(), but not (yet) for ETIME(). > > So either the gfortran documentation needs to be fixed > or my legacy code using ETIME()...
The manual is fine the way it is currently written, but I'll update it to be more specific that REAL means REAL(4). OTOH, I would suggest that you update all your codes to use the standard conforming CPU_TIME function. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41712
