> There has been a few comments, recently, from vendor compiler engineers,
> complaining that bug reports should be sent to the proper support
> provided by the vendor, and not to comp-fortran-90.
>
> I understand the frustration of the compiler engineers, when hearing of
> a bug for the first time on a mailing list.
>
> However, there is often another side of the story. Most of the time, a
> dysfunction is not clearly identified as a bug. Users do not always have
> a copy of the Standard, and even if they do, it is not so easy to
> understand.
I made similar comments recently.
There is a simple solution. Send the bug report to the compiler vendor
as usual. Post the code here with the question "is this standard",
which other folks often ask for other reasons. No need to mention which
compiler you're using.
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