http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52251
--- Comment #2 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-15 07:18:42 UTC --- Answer: It's a bug in gfortran and sunf95 Bob Corbett wrote: > I filed an interpretation request on this issue in 1998. [...] > I suspect that Oracle Solaris Studio Fortran is one of the implementations > that you saw write "Hello" in column 1. A defect report was filed against > Sun Fortran years ago. I had hoped to fix the problem in the 12.3 release, > but I ran out of time because I had to work on more important bugs. The approved interpretation request has the following, cf. 000027 "Sequential formatted I/O: position of the left tab" at http://j3-fortran.org/doc/year/02/02-006c2.txt : > QUESTION: > When a file is positioned within a record at the start of sequential > formatted I/O, where is the left tab limit (see Section 10.6.1.1)? Is it at > the start of the record or at the point where the file was positioned at > the start of execution of the statement? > > ANSWER: > The left tab limit is the point where the file was positioned at the start > of execution of the statement. > > DISCUSSION: > This follows from the second sentence of 10.6.1.1, which states "Immediately > prior to data transfer, the left tab limit becomes defined as the character > position of the current record." > > EDITS: None.
