From owner-sc22wg5 Thu Aug 9 19:40:13 2001 Received: from mserv1b.vianw.co.uk ([195.102.249.202]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA83595 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:40:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Miles@bluechiplearning.com) Received: from [195.102.193.150] (helo=[195.102.193.150]) by mserv1b.vianw.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #5) id 15Utmu-0005mD-00 for SC22WG5@dkuug.dk; Thu, 09 Aug 2001 18:40:04 +0100 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 18:39:23 +0100 Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2171) Named Scratch Files in Fortran 2000 - Rationale From: Miles Ellis To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200108091508.RAA83206@dkuug.dk> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I agree with everything that Richard Maine says. The whole point of a scratch file is undermined by the arguments in Craig's rationale, as I see it. A scratch file is something that the processor creates at the user's request for the duration of the program's execution. If the user needs more control then (s)he should use a named file IMHO. Miles -------------- Dr Miles Ellis Managing Director: Blue Chip Learning Limited Telephone: +44 1235 834116 Mobile: +44 7958 465614 Email: Miles@bluechiplearning.com