[Rd] gfortran optimization problems

[Mike Prager]

Dave Roberts <droberts at montana.edu> wrote:

> I have a routine in package labdsv that calls a FORTRAN subroutine. 
> Recently, I was informed that it sometimes gives different results on a 
> PC and Mac, and that the PC version is clearly wrong.  I tested it on 
> linux (because I don't have a PC), and I get the same (incorrect) 
> behavior as the PC.
> 
> Simply by inserting debug WRITE statements in the FORTRAN I would get 
> different, and correct, results, so I assumed it was an optimization 
> error.
> 
>[...]

Not to prejudge the case, but such sometime errors are classic
symptoms of access violations in Fortran, such as accessing a
variable whose value has not been set, exceeding array bounds,
or something similar.  The usual suggestion is to recompile the
Fortran with ALL error-checking options turned on and see if
such a bug turns up.

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Mike Prager, NOAA, Beaufort, NC
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