[SciPy-dev] Re: [Scipy-cvs] CVS update: world/scipy/scipy_distutils/command

[Pearu Peterson]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Skip Montanaro wrote:

> 
>     Pearu> Few comments about Sun compiler support:
> 
>     Pearu> 1) Does anyone have idea how many different Sun Fortran are there
>     Pearu>    available? If there are many, then it is fine to introduce new
>     Pearu>    compiler classes, may be something like the following:
> 
> Agreed, I suppose.  The problem is getting enough heads together to figure
> everything out.  I don't think there is a "generic" Fortran compiler for
> Suns.  I think it's always been an add-on.

Could we make a list of questions for Sun users and send it to scipy-user 
list? Right now I have the following questions in mind:

0) What Fortran 77 and Fortran 90 compiler is in your system? Are there
Internet links to compiler manual pages available?

1) What is the output of the following commands?
  f77 -V
  f90 -V
Use appropiate command name if it differs from f77 or f90.

2) Do you have the following libraries in your system?:
  fsu, F77, M77, sunmath, F77_mt, sunmath_mt, mvec, f77compat, f90
Give also their locations.

3) For expert users: what are desired optimization flags for the Fortran
compilers?

<add any other questions you feel important>

>     Pearu> 2) f90 should not have -fixed option specified as scipy_distutils
>     Pearu>    should be able to compile also Fortran 90 free format sources,
>     Pearu>    even if currently there are any F90 sources in Scipy. Note
>     Pearu>    that there are f2py users that wrap F90 free format codes to
>     Pearu>    Python.
> 
> I only changed the comment from "why fixed?" to explain to someone without
> the compiler man page available just what the -fixed flag is.

This was my comment that has stayed there for ages already.
I was hoping that someone who produced this code would fix this, or at
least explain the reasons for its need. But now I am pretty sure that this
option will cause problems if someone tries to compiler F90 free format
sources.

>     Pearu> If your system does not have f77 command (that under Sun should
>     Pearu> be kinda "alias" to `f90 -fixed`) then specify fc = 'f90 -fixed'
>     Pearu> (though, I doubt that there is a real need for that).
> 
> I believe "f77" on Suns really runs f90 with appropriate flags.

Yes, at least Forte and I guess newer compilers do that. Not sure about
older compilers.

Pearu