[J3] (SC22WG5.6271) Fortran 90 and BOZ literals

[Robert Corbett]

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> On Aug 11, 2020, at 2:14 AM, Shterenlikht, Anton via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
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>> On 11 Aug 2020, at 09:59, Robert Corbett via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
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>> The file
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>> https://j3-fortran.org/doc/year/90/S8.115.pdf 
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>> contains a late draft of the
>> Fortran 90 standard.  I trust
>> it more than I trust the N692
>> document.
> 
> Interesting document.
> How close is it the published standard?
> There are lots of handwritten notes - did those
> made it to the published version?
> 
> Just a few pages later, in 4.3.2.1
> the 4 examples of nondefault character literal constants
> apper blank in N692, while they are present in S8.115.pdf
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> Another glitch in N692 is in 4.3.2.1.1, last line before
> the numbered list, after:
> 
> "For the default character type, the only constraints on the collating sequence are:"
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> there is:
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>    @.EQ delim $$ @.EN
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> which is groff (or troff at that time?) gone bad -
> that groff command is meant to instruct groff
> to use the dollar sign as a delimiter for inline
> equation environment.
> But seems it was interepreted as a literal text.
> 
> Perhaps somebody somewhere still has that g/troff src?
> If so, we can try to fix it and produce the correct Postscript/PDF.
> 
> Anton