Notational Conventions

THIS TYPE

Indicates statements, data types, directives, and other language keywords. Examples of statement keywords are WRITE, INTEGER, DO, and OPEN.

this type

Indicates command-line or option arguments, new terms, or emphasized text. Most new terms are defined in the Glossary.

This type

Indicates a code example.

This type

Indicates what you type as input.

This type

Indicates menu names, menu items, button names, dialog window names, and other user-interface items.

File>Open

Menu names and menu items joined by a greater than (>) sign indicate a sequence of actions. For example, "Click File>Open" indicates that in the File menu, click Open to perform this action.

{value | value}

Indicates a choice of items or values. You can usually only choose one of the values in the braces.

[item]

Indicates items that are optional. Brackets are also used in code examples to show arrays.

item [, item ]...

Indicates that the item preceding the ellipsis (three dots) can be repeated. In some code examples, a horizontal ellipsis means that not all of the statements are shown.

Windows* OS

Windows operating system

These terms refer to all supported Microsoft* Windows* operating systems.

Linux* OS

Linux operating system

These terms refer to all supported Linux* operating systems.

Mac OS* X

Mac OS X operating system

These terms refer to Intel®-based systems running the Mac OS* X operating system.

Microsoft Windows XP*

An asterisk at the end of a word or name indicates it is a third-party product trademark.

compiler option

This term refers to Windows* OS options, Linux* OS options, or MAC OS* X options that can be used on the compiler command line.

/option or
-option

A slash before an option name indicates the option is available on Windows OS. A dash before an option name indicates the option is available on Linux OS* and Mac OS* X systems. For example:
Windows option: /fast
Linux and Mac OS X option: -fast
Note: If an option is available on Windows* OS, Linux* OS, and Mac OS* X systems, no slash or dash appears in the general description of the option. The slash and dash will only appear where the option syntax is described.

/option:argument or
-option argument

Indicates that an option requires a argument (parameter). For example, you must specify an argument for the following options:
Windows OS option: /Qdiag-error-limit:n
Linux OS and Mac OS X option: -diag-error-limit n

/option:keyword or
-option keyword

Indicates that an option requires one of the keyword values.

/option[:keyword ] or
-option [keyword ]

Indicates that the option can be used alone or with an optional keyword.

option[n] or option[:n] or option[=n]

Indicates that the option can be used alone or with an optional value; for example, in /Qfnalign[:n] and -falign-functions[=n], the n can be omitted or a valid value can be specified for n.

option[-]

Indicates that a trailing hyphen disables the option; for example, /Qglobal_hoist- disables the Windows OS option /Qglobal_hoist.

[no]option or
[no-]option

Indicates that "no" or "no-" preceding an option disables the option. For example:
In the Windows OS option /[no]traceback, /traceback enables the option, while /notraceback disables it.
In the Linux OS and Mac OS X option -[no-]global_hoist, -global_hoist enables the option, while -no-global_hoist disables it.
In some options, the "no" appears later in the option name; for example, -fno-alias disables the -falias option.

This color

Indicates extensions to the Fortran 95 Standard. These extensions may or may not be implemented by other compilers that conform to the language standard.

Intel Fortran

This term refers to the name of the common compiler language supported by the Intel® Fortran Compiler.

Fortran

This term refers to language information that is common to ANSI FORTRAN 77, ANSI/ISO Fortran 95 and 90, and Intel Fortran.

Fortran 95/90

This term refers to language information that is common to ANSI FORTRAN 77, ANSI/ISO Fortran 95, ANSI/ISO Fortran 90, and Intel Fortran.

Fortran 95

This term refers to language features specific to ANSI/ISO Fortran 95.

integer

This term refers to the INTEGER(KIND=1), INTEGER(KIND=2), INTEGER (INTEGER(KIND=4)), and INTEGER(KIND=8) data types as a group.

real

This term refers to the REAL (REAL(KIND=4)), DOUBLE PRECISION (REAL(KIND=8)), and REAL(KIND=16) data types as a group.

REAL

This term refers to the default data type of objects declared to be REAL. REAL is equivalent to REAL(KIND=4), unless a compiler option specifies otherwise.

complex

This term refers to the COMPLEX (COMPLEX(KIND=4)), DOUBLE COMPLEX (COMPLEX(KIND=8)), and COMPLEX(KIND=16) data types as a group.

logical

This term refers to the LOGICAL(KIND=1), LOGICAL(KIND=2), LOGICAL (LOGICAL(KIND=4)), and LOGICAL(KIND=8) data types as a group.

Compatibility

This term introduces a list of the projects or libraries that are compatible with the library routine.

< Tab>

This symbol indicates a nonprinting tab character.

^

This symbol indicates a nonprinting blank character.

L*X

Applies to Linux* OS on processors using IA-32 architecture, Intel® 64 architecture, and IA-64 architecture.

L*X32

Applies to Linux* OS on processors using IA-32 architecture and Intel® 64 architecture.

L*X64

Applies to Linux OS on processors using IA-64 architecture.

M*X

Applies to Apple* Mac OS* X on processors using IA-32 architecture and Intel® 64 architecture.

M*X32

Applies to Apple* Mac OS* X on processors using IA-32 architecture.

M*X64

Applies to Apple* Mac OS* X on processors using Intel® 64 architecture.

W*32

Applies to Microsoft Windows* 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 on processors using IA-32 architecture and Intel® 64 architecture.
For a complete list of supported Windows* operating systems, see your Release Notes.

W*64

Applies to Microsoft Windows* XP operating systems on IA-64 architecture.

i32

Applies to 32-bit operating systems on IA-32 architecture.

i64em

Applies to 32-bit operating systems on Intel® 64 architecture.

i64

Applies to 64-bit operating systems on IA-64 architecture.