(j3.2006) exception message on termination

[Whitlock, Stan]

We have found that the fp exception summary is useful at most half of the time... so we put it under a command line option that turns it on and off.  The default is no summary.

/Stan

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From: j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org [mailto:j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org] On Behalf Of Robert Corbett
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:00 AM
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Subject: (j3.2006) exception message on termination

Can we delete the second and third sentences of paragraph 2 in Clause 8.4 in the upcoming revision?  They state

      If an exception (14) is signaling on that image,
      the processor shall issue a warning indicating
      which exceptions are signaling; this warning
      shall be on the unit identified by the named
      constant ERROR_UNIT (13.8.2.8).  It is recommended
      that the stop code is made available by formatted
      output to the same unit.

Sun FORTRAN 77 produced such output.  It was a constant source of complaints from users.  As bad as Sun FORTRAN 77 was in this regard, it did not report inexact exceptions, as is required by the text of the standard.

Robert Corbett
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