ifort-huge
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1. Symptoms:

  The attached file huge.f90

    program test
      print*, (/1.,huge(1.)/)
    endprogram

  should print

    1.000000      3.4028235E+38

  but older versions of ifort 8.0 print

    1.000000      0.0000000E+00

  instead.


2. Command sequence:

  unix>  make FC=ifort test
or
  fe4>  make FC=ifort80 NLSPATH=/usr/local/lib/intel/intel_fc_80/lib/ifcore_msg.cat test
(or similar)

3. Platforms:
   32-bit:

   Gentoo, Kernel 2.4.24, Intel Xeon, 2.4GHz
       ifort 8.0, Build 20031016Z

4. Other compilers tested (OPK means problem could not be reproduced):
   - Intel ifc 6.0 (Linux)  OK
   - Intel ifc 7.1 (Linux)  OK
   - Intel ifort 8.0 Build 20040616Z Package ID: l_fc_pc_8.0.046_pe049.1

5. Solution:
   Update your version of ifort

6. Original date:

   Wed 24 Aug 2004