Re: [Fortran] RFC: Patch to support STDCALL etc. (PR 34112)

[Craig Powers <enigma at hal-pc dot org>]

Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I updated the patch (only gfortran.texi) based on Daniel's and Craig's
> comment.
>
> OK for the trunk?

One query, one minor error.

> +The Fortran standard standard describes how a conforming program shall
> +behave; however, the exact implementation is not standardized. In order
> +to allow the user to choose the implementation choices, compiler
> +directives can be used to set attributes of variables and procedures
> +which are not part of the standard. Whether a given attribute is
> +supported and its exact effects depend on both the operating system and
> +on the processor; see
> +@ref{Top,,C Extensions,gcc,Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)}
> +for details.

I had previously suggested...

> I don't really care for "choose the implementation choices".  I think I would write the sentence as follows:
>
> In order to allow the user to choose specific implementation details, compiler directives... 

Did you intentionally stick to the original wording, or overlook my 
suggestion?

> +On some systems, procedures and global variables (module variables and
> +@code{COMMON} blocks) need "special handling to be accessible when they
> +are in a shared library. The following attributes are available:

Stray '"' character that I presume was accidentally copied from my 
previous comments.