[petsc-users] Question regarding updating PETSc Fortran examples to embrace post F77 constructs

[Sanjay Govindjee]

Moving forward is fine.  One can always retain some fixed line examples 
along side other non-fixed line examples.

-sanjay

On 8/26/16 7:54 PM, Barry Smith wrote:
>     PETSc users,
>
>      We've always been very conservative in PETSc to keep almost all our Fortran examples in a format that works with classic FORTRAN 77 constructs: fixed line format, (72 character limit) and no use of ; to separate operations on the same line, etc.
>
>     Is it time to forgo these constructs and use more modern Fortran conventions in all our examples?
>
>      Any feedback is appreciated
>
>      Barry
>
> Note: it would continue to be possible to use PETSc in the FORTRAN 77 style, this is just a question about updating the examples.
>
>

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