LI77423: COMPILER NO LONGER DIAGNOSES ARRAY CONSTRUCTORS VALUES

XL Fortran for Linux Fix Pack 8 (June 2013 Update) for 13.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: XL Fortran no longer diagnoses array
  constructors containing array constructor values with
  different length type parameters whose values are known at
  compile time.
  
  
  USERS AFFECTED: Users of XL Fortran 13.1 and XL Fortran 14.1 on
  all platforms
  
  Since XLF will silently use the length type parameter values of
  the first array constructor value, some values in the array
  constructor may be truncated.
  
  e.g.  character(10) :: x(2) = ['abc', 'abcde']  ! second value
  will be truncated
        character(10) :: y(2) = ['abcde', 'abc']  ! no truncation
  since first value is longest
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of XL Fortran are potentially affected by this issue.
  
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  XL Fortran no longer diagnoses array constructors containing
  array constructor values with
  different length type parameters whose values are known at
  compile time.
  
  Since XLF will silently use the length type parameter values of
  the first array
  constructor value, some values in the array constructor may be
  truncated.
  e.g.  character(10) :: x(2) = ['abc', 'abcde']  ! second value
  will be truncated
  character(10) :: y(2) = ['abcde', 'abc']  ! no truncation since
  first value is longest
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed. The fix enables array constructors
  that do not appear
  as selectors in ASSOCIATE.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IV30618

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  XL FORTRAN LINU

• Fixed component ID

  5724X1600

Applicable component levels

• RD10 PSN IV30618

     UP06/09/13