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24.3.91; electric-indent-mode not quite right with comments in fortran-mode

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From: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 17895 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17895: 24.3.91; electric-indent-mode not quite right with comments in fortran-mode
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 15:55:18 -0500

On Tue Jul 1 2014 Glenn Morris wrote:
> Even g77 supports "!" comments.

For existing code "!" is not always an adequate choice.

> (Everyone should use free-format Fortran, where these problems
> were all solved 20+ years ago!)

All this is obviously not about new code, but it is about
maintaining existing code.
(Also, that's why Emacs comes with fortran-mode and f90-mode.  They
serve different needs!)

I completely agree that in a perfect world rewriting the old code is
the way to go.  But that's not always possible.  I am pretty sure
that such code will still be around and used happily twenty years
from now.

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