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Re: [Fwd: [PATCH, libgfortran] Fix PR26890 SIZE parameter interacts with variable in IO list]
- From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
- To: Paul Thomas <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr>
- Cc: Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at verizon dot net>, Fortran List <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:11:04 -0800
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: [PATCH, libgfortran] Fix PR26890 SIZE parameter interacts with variable in IO list]
- References: <442B700A.9070104@verizon.net> <442C480F.1030206@wanadoo.fr>
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:05:19PM +0200, Paul Thomas wrote:
>
> Does anybody own up to knowing what the "pad" field is for? Its strange
> size belies its name.
>
Without checking the file history, I'd guess that this may
be from Jakub's thread-safe library work. The padding would
provide future growth of the struct while maintaining
backwards compatibility.
--
Steve