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

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