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| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/fortran/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog index 899cd32..b4227be 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2016-08-30 Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com> + + * gfortran.texi: Fix typo in STRUCTURE documentation. + 2016-08-29 Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com> Fix, reorganize, and clarify comparisons of anonymous types/components. diff --git a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi index b34ae86..e80a1ea 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi +++ b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi @@ -2127,9 +2127,10 @@ be disabled using -std=legacy. @cindex @code{RECORD} Record structures are a pre-Fortran-90 vendor extension to create -user-defined aggregate data types. GNU Fortran does not support -record structures, only Fortran 90's ``derived types'', which have -a different syntax. +user-defined aggregate data types. Support for record structures in GNU +Fortran can be enabled with the @option{-fdec-structure} compile flag. +If you have a choice, you should instead use Fortran 90's ``derived types'', +which have a different syntax. In many cases, record structures can easily be converted to derived types. To convert, replace @code{STRUCTURE /}@var{structure-name}@code{/} |