Re: autotools, preprocessors, and fortran 90

[John]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * John wrote on Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:02:32PM CET:
> 
>>Is there some way to avoid having to use the capital F's?
> 
> 
> Not easily, without changes to Automake.
I guess I'll rename then.

>>I use the f90 extension regardless of whether the file is f90 or f95, so
>>I don't think I need to add this support.
> 
> 
> The issue is a bit different.  If you intend your project to be portable
> to non-GNU compilers, then you may need this.  For example for some AIX 
> compiler drivers (e.g., xlf95 for compiling a file named *.F90), and I
> think maybe for Intel ifort as well.

My project is fairly small, so I'm not too concerned about being
portable to any Fortran compiler.  I used to use a split f90/f95 naming
scheme, but I found it to cause many more headaches than it was worth.

Thanks,
John