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Testing the compiler and run-time properties

(Arjen Markus) (12 august) In my Flibs project I have included a small set of programs that test certain properties of a compiler and run-time properties of a program created with that compiler.

The motivation for this is:

• The Fortran standard allows the compiler writer some leeway in implementing the various language items. One such thing is the unit in which the record length of direct-access files is expressed. But there are several more.
• A compiler may or may not detect and warn about deficiencies in the program. For instance, a function that does not always set the value. The reason compilers do not by default detect everything that can be detected by static analysis is efficiency: such checks increase the time required by the compiler.

You can find the source code in the repository of the Flibs project on SourceForge.