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Don't understand directive in documentation

Chris NiggelerFeb 26 2024 — edited Feb 26 2024

I'm doing some testing for Fortran code and in the Oracle F77 manual https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/805-4939/6j4m0vnc5/index.html there is this statement (at the bottom):

“Internal, list-directed output should be avoided.”

Would anyone explain why this type of output should be avoided? Thanks!

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dvohra21 Mar 2 2024

During internal, list-directed writes, records are filled until the output list is satisfied. It should be avoided to avoid overflow. It could cause error such as:
forrtl: severe (66): output statement overflows record, unit -5, file
Internal Formatted Write

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