The FLIBS project provides a collection of individual Fortran modules that perform particular tasks, such as:
The source code and documentation can be found here, a series of observations about Fortran can be found here.
I am also collecting guidelines for code reviews. Comments welcome!
Use the SVN repository for getting the source code.
Obsolete:
Latest version: 0.9 - released december 2008. Newer modules available via the CVS repository
Some experimental programs that may be of interest appear in the directory experiments.
Furthermore the directory app contains several complete programs and the directory chksys contains programs that focus on such aspects as compiler diagnostics run time behaviour (note: the programs were developed with FORTRAN 77 in mind).
NEW FEATURE
The directory chkfeatures contains a collection of
programs to check for features of the current Fortran standard (currently aiming
for Fortran 2008).
It inspired me to write a small set of programs. This "proof of concept" is certainly not as ambitious and encompassing as Van's proposal, but it seems a practical, if only partial, solution that does not require direct support from the compiler.
| Directory | Module | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| SQLite | sqlite | Module to provide an easy-to-use interface to the SQLite library, a light-weight database management system. |
| Lemon | flemon | Lemon is a parser generator comparable to Yacc and Bison and flemon is an adaptation to generate Fortran code |
| MySQL | mysql | First version of a module to interface with the MySQL database system. The code has been provided by Daniel Kraft. |
| ODBC | odbc | First version of a module to interface with the ODBC database facilities. Modelled after the SQLite interface. |
| dbase | dbasefile | Module to read dBase III files. Note that there are a number of limitations (no support for memos for instance of dBase IV files). |
| Strings | glob_matching | Match strings to (simplified) glob patterns, such as "*.f90". The module does not support character classes yet. |
| csv_file | Write comma-separated-values (CSV) files. The module takes care of quotation marks in strings and provides a simple interface to write individual data as well as one-dimensional arrays and matrices | |
| filedir | Manipulate directory and file names. It contains routines to split a full path into directories and file names, to smoothly join directory and file names and so on. | |
| edit_text, singleline_text, multiline_text, multiline_text_functions | Modules that provide storage and manipulation facilities for arbitrary-length strings and collections thereof. The emphasis is on storage, not on providing a full-featured varying-string-length module. | |
| tokenize | Module to split a string into pieces according to certain fairly basic, but common criteria. | |
| tokenlists | Module to handle a list of tokens as found in a string (builds on tokenize. | |
| string_manipulations | Module with simple string manipulations like, reversing the characters, changing the case to upper or lower case, generating random words. | |
| m_vstring | Module for handling strings with a dynamic length. It contains a set of high-level facilities to manipulate such strings. | |
| m_vstringlist | Module for handling lists of strings with a dynamic length. Individual elements can easily be accessed or changed. | |
| m_vstringformat | Module for formatting strings with a dynamic length. | |
| keyvars | Module to retrieve variables from or save to an INI-file like file. Provides a high-level interface, so that one subroutine call suffices. | |
| translation | Module to retrieve strings by keyword and language, Useful for localising an application | |
| flexoutput | Module to write message strings with values substituted | |
| command_args | Module to handle command-line arguments, inspired by the C function "getopt" | |
| string_operations | The string_operations module implements a variety of string operations based on allocatable-length strings. The advantage is that the result can always be stored, instead of the user having to supply strings with sufficient length from the outset. | |
| base64 | The base64 module implements routines for encoding and decoding strings according to the base64 scheme. | |
| FCRE | mod_regex | High-level module for string matching using regular expressions. The module uses a lower-level module (fcre) that provides an interface to the PCRE library. |
| Data structures | linked_lists | Generic source code for implementing linked lists. The test program illustrates how the genericity is achieved. |
| binary_trees | Generic source code for implementing binary trees. Balancing is not taken care of. | |
| balanced_tree | Generic source code for implementing balanced trees. Data are stored and retrieved via an integer or string-valued key. | |
| queues | Generic source code for implementing queue of fixed size. | |
| dictionaries | Generic source code for implementing a mapping of strings to data. New: Implemented via a simple hash table (the original used a linked list). | |
| vectors | Generic source code for implementing an expandable array of data. | |
| sets | Generic source code for implementing unordered sets - collections of data objects that support operations like union and intersection. | |
| sorting | Generic source code that implements a combined QuickSort/InsertionSort algorithm for fast sorting arrays (contributed by Joe Krahn). | |
| memory pool | Generic source code that implements a straightforward memory pool. Use this to reduce the number of individual allocations and deallocations of data items of a fixed type. | |
| indexset | Implementation of a bit array using the bit manipulation functions of Fortran 90/95. Useful for handling sets that consist of integers or can be mapped to integers. | |
| Computational facilities | automatic_differentiation | General technique for determining the first derivative of a function via mathematical, not numerical means. |
| select_precision | Auxiliary module for selecting the precision of real variables. | |
| fundamental_constants | Numerical values of mathematical and physical constants. | |
| timing | Small module for timing parts of a program. This may be used to detect which part is taking most computing time or to compare different algorithms | |
| decimal_arithmetic | Module for implementing decimal arithmetic, as opposed to floating-point numbers. | |
| interval_simple | Module implementing interval arithmetic in a straightforward manner. | |
| m_coordinates | Basic coordinate transformations, such as spherical to cartesian. | |
| pointsets | Collection of routines to generate sets of points in one, two or three dimensions with certain properties. | |
| combinations | Routines for random permutations and other combinatorial functions. (Very limited at the moment) | |
| enumerate_space | Enumerate grid points in one-, two- or three-dimensional space. The points close to the origin are visited first. This can be useful in finding solutions for Diophantine equations. | |
| traverse_grid | Traverse an N-dimensional grid, either systematically or in a quasi-random way. The second method can be used for instance to compute N-dimensional integrals with less data points than required for a Monte Carlo approach. | |
| backtracking | Module to implement backtracking algorithms. It offers a single routine that controls the generation and checking of possible solutions. The user must supply a small number of routines and a single data type to implement the specific problem. | |
| simulated_annealing | Use the technique of simulated annealing to minimize a function of several variables. | |
| genetic_algorithms | Straightforward implementation of a genetic algorithm to minimize a function of several variables. | |
| libdate | Module for manipulating date and time information. | |
| unsigned_integers | Module providing operations on unsigned integers. | |
| leadzero | Flexible implementation of the F0 format. Allows specification of sign and number of digits. | |
| random_generators | Small collection of pseudo-random number generators. | |
| random_permutations | Randomly permute the elements of an integer array or provide an array for random permutation. | |
| minimisation | Two general minimisation routines (NEWUOA and BOBYQA) by M. Powell, wrapped into modules for robustness and ease of use. | |
| quasirandom | Generate quasi-random points in N-dimensional space. | |
| Streams | binary streams | Module to read and write files as a "stream" of bytes.
Some caution: it relies on certain assumptions about the sizes
of integers and reals and on the treatment of direct-access files.
Note that Fortran 2003 defines an access="stream" option to the open statement that makes this module superfluous |
| text streams | Module to read ordinary text files as a "stream" of words and
numbers. It is not without limitations, but it may be a practical
approximation to the real thing.
Note that Fortran 2003 defines an access="stream" option to the open statement that makes this module superfluous |
|
| read characters | Module to read ordinary text files character by character. | |
| Unit testing | ftnunit | Module and auxiliary scripts that implement a unit testing framework akin to JUnit | gentabletest.tcl | Tcl program to generate a test program based on a tabular description |
| testmake | Program to create complete test programs based on specifications. See also: the article on this program | |
| IPC | ipc_file | Module for exchanging information (inter-process communication) between two or more programs (processes) via files on disk. Preliminary version! |
| Checking | checking | Module and auxiliary program that instrument source code to trace what subroutines are called and what files are opened. It helps understand a program written by others. | chksys | Collection of test programs to detect all manner of properties of the Fortran compiler - like what unit is used for the record length of direct access files and many other portability aspects. | chkfeatures | Collection of programs that check whether the compiler supports features of the current Fortran standard - like BLOCK, ASSOCIATE, Bessel functions and many others. |
| Wrapper | Wrapping C functions | Auxiliary program to scan a C header file and produce code so that you can easily use the C functions in a Fortran program. |
| Files and directories | filedir | Collection of portable routines to manipulate files and directories or retrieve detailed information |
| m_vfile | Collection of portable routines to manipulate files and directories or retrieve detailed information in an object-oriented fashion | |
| m_fileunit | Routines to manage logical unit numbers | |
| Platform | platform | Portable routines (as far as possible) to run external programs and to find out details of the operating system | platform | Platform-dependent routines and features (uses variable-length strings) |
| Reporting | reporting | Set of routines with a common interface to write report files in HTML, Latex and RTF formats |
| m_logger | Module for writing log files | |
| m_multilog | Module for writing to several log files at once (flexible selection of messages) | |
| m_exception | Module for handling assertions and treating exceptions (to a certain extent) Note: preliminary version - some changes to the interface will be made | |
| Control structures | Finite state machines | Facilities to help set up a finite state machine |
| messages | Facilities for dealing with "messages", for instance in the context of discrete event simulations | |
| Tools | editcode | Preprocessor for Fortran code meant for such things as replacing types by other types, assertions and other preprocessing tasks. Not a C-style preprocessor though! |
| CGI | cgi_protocol | Facilitate the interaction between Fortran programs and web servers using the CGI protocol |
| Fast CGI | Interact with web servers via the fast-CGI protocol (by Ricolindo Carino). Detailed instructions on how to use a Fast-CGI library for the Nginx webserver in combination with this module are available. | |
| dynlib | dynamic_libraries | Load routines from a DLL or a shared library. Requires Fortran 2003 features - Work in Progress |
| sysutils | sysutils | Small set of system utilities. For now: merely get the process ID |
| password_facilities | Read a password from the keyboard (Windows, Linux/Cygwin) | |
| images | bmp_files | Load and save Windows BMP files |
Note: Most modules come with test/example programs. The test/example programs should provide at least some indication on how to use the modules.
Though making the modules and test programs should be straightforward, there are no formal makefiles yet to actually make them - most development and testing so far has been done on Windows with Compaq Visual Fortran, which uses so-called project files.