Re: [netcdfgroup] does anyone mind if the fortran 77 library always gets its own file, instead of being combined with the C library?

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• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] does anyone mind if the fortran 77 library always gets its own file, instead of being combined with the C library?
• From: Ansley Manke <Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:00:34 -0700

I have no objections at all.

On 3/28/2011 8:28 AM, Ed Hartnett wrote:

Howdy netCDFians!

In the old days the netCDF F77 library was built into the netCDF C
library. (This seemed natural, because it was really just a bunch of C
functions anyway.) Fortran programs using the F77 API, and C programs
linked with -lnetcdf.

This idea does not work with shared libraries, so when shared libraries
are built (now the default) a separate F77 library is built. Now C
library users still link with -lnetcdf, but F77 library users must use
-lnetcdff -lnetcdf. (Note the extra "f" at the end of the F77 library
name.)

Maintaining the ability to combine the C and F77 library is expensive in
terms of programmer time. Will anyone object if I remove this option?

Users will see no impact on their code. They will have to add
"-lnetcdff" to their Makefiles for F77 programs. (This is already true
for shared library builds.)

Any comment or feedback welcome...

Thanks,

Ed

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    • From: Ed Hartnett