Clarify/index lack of run-time allocation for concatenation

From-SVN: r25437

diff --git a/gcc/f/ChangeLog b/gcc/f/ChangeLog
index d83750486768b23b40d3e1e6895a0462da442900..cceb41f19fe25caff7495e26fdbb16b85b495a45 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/f/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/f/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-02-25  Craig Burley  <craig@jcb-sc.com>
+
+       * g77.texi: Clarify/index lack of run-time allocation for
+       concatenation.
+  
 1999-02-25  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
 
        * f/intdoc.in: Add missing `,' after cross references.

diff --git a/gcc/f/g77.texi b/gcc/f/g77.texi
index 515bc16323eb147820dc985fff795d16c45081c1..3c62e1076c740e6fd81b2314ca5dfcebd6c53c81 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/f/g77.texi
+++ b/gcc/f/g77.texi
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename g77.info
 
-@set last-up-date 1999-02-20
+@set last-up-date 1999-02-25
 @set version-g77 0.5.24
 @set email-general egcs@@egcs.cygnus.com
 @set email-bugs egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
@@ -14457,8 +14457,16 @@ It is not worth repeating them here.
 @item
 @cindex concatenation
 @cindex CHARACTER*(*)
+@cindex run-time, dynamic allocation
 Support arbitrary operands for concatenation, even in contexts where
 run-time allocation is required.
+For example:
+
+@smallexample
+SUBROUTINE X(A)
+CHARACTER*(*) A
+CALL FOO(A // 'suffix')
+@end smallexample
 
 @item
 Consider adding a @code{NUMERIC} type to designate typeless numeric constants,