https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53796
toK <t.kondic at leeds dot ac.uk> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |t.kondic at leeds dot ac.uk --- Comment #17 from toK <t.kondic at leeds dot ac.uk> --- Still exists in 6.2.0 . If anyone can believe it, I actually used this feature to work around an ifort bug. Talk about the catch 22. Good to know that recl in open for sequential files still work.