Re: [Patch,libgfortran & patch,fortran] Namelist (corrected)

[Paul Thomas <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr>]

Tobias Schlüter wrote:

> Giovanni Bajo wrote:
>  
>
> > > I'd prefer 'if (ts->type == BT_CHARACTER) ... else ...;'.
> > >      
> > So that, when another value is added to the enumerator, the code will silently
> > select the "else" branch without anyone noticing, instead of triggering an
> > assert and thus requiring people to double-check the intended behaviour?
> >    
I have no trouble with Tobi's proposal.  The switch is a leftover from 
an early version.

> - I don't expect new types to be added to gfortran soon
> - new types will most probably not require string length information
> - the code ~10 lines above this hunk does exactly what you suggest
>
> - Tobi
>
>  
Even fortran 2003 will not require the introduction of new intrinsic 
types, will it?

Paul T