Re: [Patch, Fortran, committed] PR 50585: [4.6/4.7 Regression] ICE with assumed length character array argument

[Tobias Burnus <burnus at net-b dot de>]

On 08.10.2011 11:51, Janus Weil wrote:
> > Thanks! What's about the .texi change for -fwhole-file?
> Will do. Should I include a note about deprecation? And if yes, do you
> have a suggestion for the wording?

How about the following attachment?

Tobias
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/invoke.texi b/gcc/fortran/invoke.texi
index 41fee67..cae114a 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/fortran/invoke.texi
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ and warnings}.
 @item Code Generation Options
 @xref{Code Gen Options,,Options for code generation conventions}.
 @gccoptlist{-fno-automatic  -ff2c  -fno-underscoring @gol
--fwhole-file -fsecond-underscore @gol
+-fno-whole-file -fsecond-underscore @gol
 -fbounds-check -fcheck-array-temporaries  -fmax-array-constructor =@var{n} @gol
 -fcheck=@var{<all|array-temps|bounds|do|mem|pointer|recursion>} @gol
 -fcoarray=@var{<none|single|lib>} -fmax-stack-var-size=@var{n} @gol
@@ -1225,12 +1225,13 @@ in the source, even if the names as seen by the linker are mangled to
 prevent accidental linking between procedures with incompatible
 interfaces.
 
-@item -fwhole-file
-@opindex @code{fwhole-file}
-By default, GNU Fortran parses, resolves and translates each procedure
-in a file separately.  Using this option modifies this such that the
-whole file is parsed and placed in a single front-end tree.  During
-resolution, in addition to all the usual checks and fixups, references
+@item -fno-whole-file
+@opindex @code{fno-whole-file}
+This flag causes the compiler to resolve and translate each procedure in
+a file separately. 
+
+By default, the whole file is parsed and placed in a single front-end tree.
+During resolution, in addition to all the usual checks and fixups, references
 to external procedures that are in the same file effect resolution of
 that procedure, if not already done, and a check of the interfaces. The
 dependences are resolved by changing the order in which the file is
@@ -1238,6 +1239,8 @@ translated into the backend tree.  Thus, a procedure that is referenced
 is translated before the reference and the duplication of backend tree
 declarations eliminated.
 
+The @option{-fno-whole-file} option is deprecated and may lead to wrong code.
+
 @item -fsecond-underscore
 @opindex @code{fsecond-underscore}
 @cindex underscore