[Bug fortran/45827] mio_component_ref(): Component not found when mixing f90 and f03 in large projects

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45827

--- Comment #29 from Mikael Morin <mikael at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-10-24 19:59:20 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #28)
> There is a quality of implementation issue going on here.  Our goal has always
> been "zero" leaks.  The reason?  These errors can and do mask other things
> going on.  This to me looks like some pointers are being whacked. maybe
> previously allocated space being reused that should not be.  At this point
> no-one knows.
> 
The testsuite shows that gfortran mostly works. Based on that, the memory leaks
are probably harmless, and I assume they are. But of course you're completely
right.

Here, the fact that the gfc_typebound_proc structs are never freed doesn't help
for the "zero leak" goal.