Annotation of researchv10dc/man/man1/f2c.1, revision 1.1.1.1

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                     19: .hy 14
                     20: ..
                     21: .TH F2C 1
                     22: .CT 1 prog_other
                     23: .SH NAME
                     24: f\^2c \(mi Convert Fortran 77 to C or C++
                     25: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     26: .B f\^2c
                     27: [
                     28: .I option ...
                     29: ]
                     30: .I file ...
                     31: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     32: .I F2c
                     33: converts Fortran 77 source code in
                     34: .I files
                     35: with names ending in
                     36: .L .f
                     37: or
                     38: .L .F
                     39: to C (or C++) source files in the
                     40: current directory, with
                     41: .L .c
                     42: substituted
                     43: for the final
                     44: .L .f
                     45: or
                     46: .LR .F .
                     47: If no Fortran files are named,
                     48: .I f\^2c
                     49: reads Fortran from standard input and
                     50: writes C on standard output.
                     51: .I File
                     52: names that end with
                     53: .L .p
                     54: or
                     55: .L .P
                     56: are taken to be prototype
                     57: files, as produced by option
                     58: .LR -P ,
                     59: and are read first.
                     60: .PP
                     61: The following options have the same meaning as in
                     62: .IR f\^77 (1).
                     63: .TP
                     64: .B -C
                     65: Compile code to check that subscripts are within declared array bounds.
                     66: .TP
                     67: .B -I2
                     68: Render INTEGER and LOGICAL as short,
                     69: INTEGER\(**4 as long int.  Assume the default \fIlibF77\fR
                     70: and \fIlibI77\fR:  allow only INTEGER\(**4 (and no LOGICAL)
                     71: variables in INQUIREs.  Option
                     72: .L -I4
                     73: confirms the default rendering of INTEGER as long int.
                     74: .TP
                     75: .B -onetrip
                     76: Compile DO loops that are performed at least once if reached.
                     77: (Fortran 77 DO loops are not performed at all if the upper limit is smaller than the lower limit.)
                     78: .TP
                     79: .B -U
                     80: Honor the case of variable and external names.  Fortran keywords must be in
                     81: .I
                     82: lower
                     83: case.
                     84: .TP
                     85: .B -u
                     86: Make the default type of a variable `undefined' rather than using the default Fortran rules.
                     87: .TP
                     88: .B -w
                     89: Suppress all warning messages.
                     90: If the option is
                     91: .LR -w66 ,
                     92: only Fortran 66 compatibility warnings are suppressed.
                     93: .PP
                     94: The following options are peculiar to
                     95: .IR f\^2c .
                     96: .TP
                     97: .B -A
                     98: Produce
                     99: .SM ANSI
                    100: C.
                    101: Default is old-style C.
                    102: .TP
                    103: .B -a
                    104: Make local variables automatic rather than static
                    105: unless they appear in a
                    106: .SM "DATA, EQUIVALENCE, NAMELIST,"
                    107: or
                    108: .SM SAVE
                    109: statement.
                    110: .TP
                    111: .B -C++
                    112: Output C++ code.
                    113: .TP
                    114: .B -c
                    115: Include original Fortran source as comments.
                    116: .TP
                    117: .B -E
                    118: Declare uninitialized
                    119: .SM COMMON
                    120: to be
                    121: .B Extern
                    122: (overridably defined in
                    123: .F f2c.h
                    124: as
                    125: .B extern).
                    126: .TP
                    127: .B -ec
                    128: Place uninitialized
                    129: .SM COMMON
                    130: blocks in separate files:
                    131: .B COMMON /ABC/
                    132: appears in file
                    133: .BR abc_com.c .
                    134: Option
                    135: .LR -e1c
                    136: bundles the separate files
                    137: into the output file, with comments that give an unbundling
                    138: .IR sed (1)
                    139: script.
                    140: .TP
                    141: .B -ext
                    142: Complain about
                    143: .IR f\^77 (1)
                    144: extensions.
                    145: .TP
                    146: .B -g
                    147: Include original Fortran line numbers as comments.
                    148: .TP
                    149: .B -h
                    150: Try to align character strings on word (or, if the option is
                    151: .LR -hd ,
                    152: on double-word) boundaries.
                    153: .TP
                    154: .B -i2
                    155: Similar to
                    156: .BR -I2 ,
                    157: but assume a modified
                    158: .I libF77
                    159: and
                    160: .I libI77
                    161: (compiled with
                    162: .BR -Df\^2c_i2 ),
                    163: so
                    164: .SM INTEGER
                    165: and
                    166: .SM LOGICAL
                    167: variables may be assigned by
                    168: .SM INQUIRE
                    169: and array lengths are stored in short ints.
                    170: .TP
                    171: .B -kr
                    172: Use temporary values to enforce Fortran expression evaluation
                    173: where K&R (first edition) parenthesization rules allow rearrangement.
                    174: If the option is
                    175: .LR -krd ,
                    176: use double precision temporaries even for single-precision operands.
                    177: .TP
                    178: .B -P
                    179: Write a
                    180: .IB file .P
                    181: of ANSI (or C++) prototypes
                    182: for procedures defined in each input
                    183: .IB file .f
                    184: or
                    185: .IB file .F .
                    186: When reading Fortran from standard input, write prototypes
                    187: at the beginning of standard output.
                    188: Implies
                    189: .B -A
                    190: unless option
                    191: .L -C++
                    192: is present.  Option
                    193: .B -Ps
                    194: implies
                    195: .B -P ,
                    196: and gives exit status 4 if rerunning
                    197: .I f\^2c
                    198: may change prototypes or declarations.
                    199: .TP
                    200: .B -p
                    201: Supply preprocessor definitions to make common-block members
                    202: look like local variables.
                    203: .TP
                    204: .B -R
                    205: Do not promote
                    206: .SM REAL
                    207: functions and operations to
                    208: .SM DOUBLE PRECISION.
                    209: Option
                    210: .L -!R
                    211: confirms the default, which imitates
                    212: .IR f\^77 .
                    213: .TP
                    214: .B -r
                    215: Cast values of REAL functions (including intrinsics) to REAL.
                    216: .TP
                    217: .B -r8
                    218: Promote
                    219: .SM REAL
                    220: to
                    221: .SM DOUBLE PRECISION, COMPLEX
                    222: to
                    223: .SM DOUBLE COMPLEX.
                    224: .TP
                    225: .BI -T dir
                    226: Put temporary files in directory
                    227: .I dir.
                    228: .TP
                    229: .B -w8
                    230: Suppress warnings when
                    231: .SM COMMON
                    232: or
                    233: .SM EQUIVALENCE
                    234: forces odd-word alignment of doubles.
                    235: .TP
                    236: .BI -W n
                    237: Assume
                    238: .I n
                    239: characters/word (default 4)
                    240: when initializing numeric variables with character data.
                    241: .TP
                    242: .B -z
                    243: Do not implicitly recognize
                    244: .SM DOUBLE COMPLEX.
                    245: .TP
                    246: .B -!bs
                    247: Do not recognize \fIb\fRack\fIs\fRlash escapes
                    248: (\e", \e', \e0, \e\e, \eb, \ef, \en, \er, \et, \ev) in character strings.
                    249: .TP
                    250: .B -!c
                    251: Inhibit C output, but produce
                    252: .B -P
                    253: output.
                    254: .TP
                    255: .B -!I
                    256: Reject
                    257: .B include
                    258: statements.
                    259: .TP
                    260: .B -!it
                    261: Don't infer types of untyped
                    262: .SM EXTERNAL
                    263: procedures from use as parameters to previously defined or prototyped
                    264: procedures.
                    265: .TP
                    266: .B -!P
                    267: Do not attempt to infer
                    268: .SM ANSI
                    269: or C++
                    270: prototypes from usage.
                    271: .PP
                    272: The resulting C invokes the support routines of
                    273: .IR f\^77 ;
                    274: object code should be loaded by
                    275: .I f\^77
                    276: or with
                    277: .IR ld (1)
                    278: or
                    279: .IR cc (1)
                    280: options
                    281: .BR "-lF77 -lI77 -lm" .
                    282: Calling conventions
                    283: are those of
                    284: .IR f\&77 :
                    285: see the reference below.
                    286: .br
                    287: .SH FILES
                    288: .TP
                    289: .IB file .[fF]
                    290: input file
                    291: .TP
                    292: .B *.c
                    293: output file
                    294: .TP
                    295: .F /usr/include/f2c.h
                    296: header file
                    297: .TP
                    298: .F /usr/lib/libF77.a
                    299: intrinsic function library
                    300: .TP
                    301: .F /usr/lib/libI77.a
                    302: Fortran I/O library
                    303: .TP
                    304: .F /lib/libc.a
                    305: C library, see section 3
                    306: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    307: S. I. Feldman and
                    308: P. J. Weinberger,
                    309: `A Portable Fortran 77 Compiler',
                    310: \fIUNIX Time Sharing System Programmer's Manual\fR,
                    311: Tenth Edition, Volume 2, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1990.
                    312: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                    313: The diagnostics produced by
                    314: .I f\^2c
                    315: are intended to be
                    316: self-explanatory.
                    317: .SH BUGS
                    318: Floating-point constant expressions are simplified in
                    319: the floating-point arithmetic of the machine running
                    320: .IR f\^2c ,
                    321: so they are typically accurate to at most 16 or 17 decimal places.
                    322: .br
                    323: Untypable
                    324: .SM EXTERNAL
                    325: functions are declared
                    326: .BR int .

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