C:\X3J3\150\99-222.wpdJOR Responses to WG5/N1356

  JOR has looked at several of the recommendations about unresolved issues in WG5 paper N1356. 
Here are the responses of JOR, which are indicated by a ">>" symbol at the beginning of the line. 
References are to the current Fortran 2000 draft, 99-007r2.

  1. [349:7] split the first sentence after Result Value into two sentences.  
    "If NAME has the value of DEFUALT, then the result has a value equal to the value of the kind
  type parameter of the default character data type.  If NAME has the value ASCII, then the
  result has a value equal to the value of the kind type parameter of the ASCII character data
  type."

>> JOR agrees.

  2. Issue 24, page 238.

>> JOR would like to make the following edits.
[238:11-18] In table in 10.6.4.1.2, replace each occurrence of "0.5" with r. 

[238:19+] Insert the following table:

If ROUND = is
r is


NEAREST
0.5


UP
1


DOWN
0


ZERO
1 if datum is negative
0 if datum is positive

  
[238:23-29] Delete J3 note.

  3. Issue 64, page 197.

>> JOR would prefer to resolve this issue by making the following edits.
[196:25] Add, " or ROUND= scalar-default-char-expr "

[197:21+] Add, " The ROUND= specifier is described in 9.4.4.13."

[197:25-31] Delete J3 note.

[197:19] Replace "and DECIMAL=" with "DECIMAL=, and ROUND=".

[197:12+] Add "Constraint: If a DECIMAL= or ROUND= specifier is present, a format or
namelist-group-name shall also appear."

[194:9] Insert "(10.7.7) before "."

[242:22-25] Replace "At the ... ; an" with "If a ROUND= specifier appears in the io-control-spec-list for
a formatted input/output statement, it specifies the initial rounding mode for that statement. 
Otherwise, the initial rounding mode for a formatted input/output statement is that established by the
OPEN statement for the connection.  An"