Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ysub!psuvm!barilvm!technion!aer7101 Organization: TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technology. Date: Saturday, 25 May 1991 14:37:03 IST From: Zvika Bar-Deroma Message-ID: <91145.143703AER7101@TECHNION.BITNET> Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: A Question of Style References: <12306@uwm.edu> In article <12306@uwm.edu>, jgd@convex.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) says: > > >* Has anyone else encountered FORTRAN compilers with this trait? > [Flagging defined but unreferenced statement labels.] I have. > >* Is this trait good or bad? Desirable or undesirable? Desirable when you need to maintain large codes. > >* Is the inability to suppress this specific message good or bad? Bad - you should at least be able to turn off all warning-type errror messages. >* Is this allowed/forbidden/not-specified by the Standard? (We are I'm almost certain that the standard doesn't specify anything about error messages. >* Any general commentary on the above compiler. (Which, other than > this peculiarly annoying "habit", is an excellent compiler.) I consider as good (as far as messages are concerned) a compiler that gives clear and accurate error message. An important feature is the ability to control those messages (which type you want to see, which you care only about "totals", which don't interest you at all, etc.). Regards, /Zvika Zvika Bar-Deroma Phone: (+972)-4-292706 Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Fax : (+972)-4-231848 Technion Haifa 32000 Israel BITNET : AER7101@TECHNION Internet : AER7101@TECHNION.TECHNION.AC.IL UUCP : ...!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!technion!aer7101