11.4 Input/output

• [7.0] The RECL= specifier in an INQUIRE statement for an unconnected unit or file now assigns the value −1 to the variable. For a unit or file connected with ACCESS='STREAM', it assigns the value −2 to the variable. Under previous Fortran standards, the variable became undefined.
• [7.1] The SIZE= specifier can be used in a READ statement without ADVANCE='NO', that is, in a READ statement with no ADVANCE= specifier, or one with an explicit ADVANCE='YES'. For example,

      Character(65536) buf
      Integer nc
      Read(*,'(A)',Size=nc) buf
      Print *,'The number of characters on that line was',nc
  

  Note that SIZE= is not permitted with list-directed or namelist formatting; that would be pointless, as there are no edit descriptors with such formatting and thus no characters to be counted by SIZE=.