J3/01-345 Date: 23 Aug 2001 To: J3 From: Richard Maine Subject: Interp request on OPEN NUMBER: TITLE: KEYWORDS: Open statement DEFECT TYPE: Erratum STATUS: J3 consideration in progress QUESTION: The first example in C.6.2 has the statement OPEN(UNIT=10, STATUS="SCRATCH", PAD="YES") to change the padding for a unit that is currently open. The 6th paragraph of 9.3.4 discusses the use of an OPEN statement where "the file to be connected to the unit is the same as the file to which the unit is connected". It says "If the STATUS= specifier is included in such an OPEN statement, it shall be specified with a value of OLD." Note this wording was introduced in f90 interp 186, which discusses it. The above-cited OPEN statement from C.6.2 appears to violate this requirement. Is the example in error? ANSWER: Yes, this is an error in the example. EDITS: [322:38] "SCRATCH" -> "OLD" HISTORY: 01-345 m158 Submitted