4bsd-f77@utah-cs.UUCP (07/27/84)
From: Donn Seeley <donn@utah-cs.arpa> Here is a catalogue of previously posted 4.2 BSD f77 bug fixes. I will post an updated list every now and then so that compiler maintainers can tell what they are missing. If you need a report, ask for it by number; 4bsd-f77 articles will be issued with their own sequence numbers so that it will be easier to administrate the list. Notice that the articles marked 'superseded' are no longer useful due to improved fixes in later articles. 1. <958@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Bug in f77 loop optimizer generates incorrect code (serious!) (superseded) 2. <959@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Computed GOTOs can cause f77 to dump core 3. <960@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Subroutines in f77 can alter constant arguments 4. <961@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) f77 optimizer misses redundant register moves 5. <965@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) f77 won't put REAL variables in register 6. <1059@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Load order problem with ioinit() in F77 libraries (superseded) 7. <1100@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Ghastly f77 bug in common subexpression elimination -- IMPORTANT (superseded) 8. <1105@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Bug in copy propagation causes constant exponents to break in f77 9. <1112@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Multiplying something by the constant 0 can cause f77 to crash 10. <1117@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Massive f77 fixes for subroutine argument temporary bugs (superseded) 11. <165@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> (David Wasley) f77 libs in 4.2bsd 12. <1131@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) f77 disallows floating point constants less than -2.59e+33 13. <1135@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) A fix for a bug in the previously distributed f77 fixes (sigh) (superseded) 14. <146@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Update on 'DO loop limit' bug in f77 -- IMPORTANT 15. <147@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) f(x) ** 2 produces f(x) * f(x) in f77 16. <150@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Really obscure bug with CHARACTER*1 comparisons in f77 17. <162@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) f77 has problems when a DO loop variable is also a loop parameter 18. <163@sdchema.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Revision to common subexpression bug fix in f77 19. <2875@utah-cs.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) A proposal for a 4.2 BSD f77 mailing list 20. <2936@utah-cs.UUCP> (Donn Seeley) Announcing '4bsd-f77', a way to coordinate 4.2 BSD f77 bug reports Share and enjoy (TM Sirius Cybernetics Corp.), Donn Seeley University of Utah CS Dept donn@utah-cs.arpa 40 46' 6"N 111 50' 34"W (801) 581-5668 decvax!utah-cs!donn