Update NEWS derived file

From-SVN: r25747

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/gcc/f/NEWS b/gcc/f/NEWS
index 8004df5..f23ff20 100644
--- a/gcc/f/NEWS
+++ b/gcc/f/NEWS
@@ -71,12 +71,18 @@ at `http://egcs.cygnus.com/onlinedocs/g77_news.html'.
 In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
 =============================
 
-  1. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
+  1. `g77' no longer generates bad code for assignments, or other
+     conversions, of `REAL' or `COMPLEX' constant expressions to type
+     `INTEGER(KIND=2)' (often referred to as `INTEGER*8').
+
+     For example, `INTEGER*8 J; J = 4E10' now works as documented.
+
+  2. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
      using keywords that define `INTEGER' values, such as `IOSTAT=J',
      where J is other than default `INTEGER' (such as `INTEGER*2').
      Instead, it issues a diagnostic.
 
-  2. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
+  3. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
      (It is passed to the `f771' driver.)
 
    * Source file names with the suffixes `.FOR' and `.FPP' now are
@@ -89,11 +95,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
      references to the implementations of these intrinsics using the
      `EXTERNAL' mechanism (which would avoid the new warnings).
 
-  3. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
+  4. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
      corresponding *subsequent* function program unit disagrees with
      the reference concerning the type of the function.
 
-  4. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
+  5. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
      2000 (Y2K) compliance.
 
 In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.2 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1.1):
@@ -136,14 +142,14 @@ In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.1 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1):
 In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
 ==============================
 
-  5. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
+  6. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
      `CMPLX(0.)' or similar.
 
-  6. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
+  7. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
      certain complicated expressions involving `COMPLEX' arithmetic
      (especially multiplication).
 
-  7. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
+  8. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
      `-O2' was specified compiling, for example, an old version of the
      `DNRM2' routine.
 
@@ -159,25 +165,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
 In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
 ====================================
 
-  8. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
+  9. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
      beyond the end of its `CHARACTER' argument, and in the `libU77'
      intrinsics `GMTime' and `LTime' that overwrote their arguments.
 
-  9. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
+ 10. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
      longer elicit spurious diagnostics from `g77', even on systems
      with pointers having different sizes than integers.
 
      This bug is not known to have existed in any recent version of
      `gcc'.  It was introduced in an early release of `egcs'.
 
- 10. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
+ 11. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
      argument without explicitly giving it a type, and, in a subsequent
      program unit, referencing that external as an external function
      with a different type no longer crash `g77'.
 
- 11. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
+ 12. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
 
- 12. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
+ 13. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
      the "master" procedure generated by `g77' for procedures
      containing `ENTRY' statements.
 
@@ -202,25 +208,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      `libf2c' environment, even when `libf2c' (now `libg2c') is a
      shared library.
 
- 13. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
+ 14. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
      the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the `f77-install-ok'
      file exists in the source or build directory.  See the
      installation documentation for more information.
 
- 14. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
+ 15. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
      include file in the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the
      `f2c-install-ok' or `f2c-exists-ok' files exist in the source or
      build directory.  See the installation documentation for more
      information.
 
- 15. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
+ 16. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
      `libg2c.a'.  It is installed only in the `gcc' "private" directory
      heirarchy, `gcc-lib'.  This allows system administrators and users
      to choose which version of the `libf2c' library from `netlib' they
      wish to use on a case-by-case basis.  See the installation
      documentation for more information.
 
- 16. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
+ 17. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
      renamed to `g2c.h'.  It is installed only in the `gcc' "private"
      directory heirarchy, `gcc-lib'.  This allows system administrators
      and users to choose which version of the include file from
@@ -232,11 +238,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      than the one built and installed as part of the same `g77' version
      is picked up.
 
- 17. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
+ 18. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
      subdirectories it needs only as it needs them.  Other cleaning up
      of the configuration and build process has been performed as well.
 
- 18. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
+ 19. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
      documentation to contain an entry for `g77' (during installation).
 
    * Some diagnostics have been changed from warnings to errors, to
@@ -245,28 +251,28 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
      in the `OPEN', `INQUIRE', `READ', and `WRITE' statements, and
      about truncations of various sorts of constants.
 
- 19. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
+ 20. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
      appended to the last operand if it is a constant.  This provides a
      cleaner run-time diagnostic as provided by `libf2c' for statements
      like `PRINT '(I1', 42'.
 
- 20. Improve documentation and indexing.
+ 21. Improve documentation and indexing.
 
- 21. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
+ 22. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
      problems, including those involving some uses of the `T' format
      specifier, and perhaps some build (porting) problems as well.
 
 In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.23):
 =========================================
 
- 22. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
+ 23. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
      `EQUIVALENCE' and `COMMON' aggregates that, due to "unnatural"
      ordering of members vis-a-vis their types, require initial padding.
 
- 23. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
+ 24. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
      specification statements such as `INTEGER(KIND=7) PTR'.
 
- 24. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
+ 25. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
      2)'.
 
    * `g77' now treats `%LOC(EXPR)' and `LOC(EXPR)' as "ordinary"
@@ -297,9 +303,9 @@ In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.23):
    * The F90 `System_Clock' intrinsic allows the optional arguments
      (except for the `Count' argument) to be omitted.
 
- 25. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
+ 26. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
 
- 26. Improve documentation and indexing.
+ 27. Improve documentation and indexing.
 
 In previous versions:
 =====================