Re: Ping**3! Re: [PATCH, Fortran] Extension: AUTOMATIC/STATIC symbol attributes with -fdec-static

[Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at charter dot net>]

On 09/23/2016 06:17 AM, Fritz Reese wrote:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2016-08/msg00077.html
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This patch extends the GNU Fortran front-end to add support for
>> DEC-style AUTOMATIC and STATIC symbol attributes with a new flag
>> -fdec-static, allowing explicit control of variable storage. AUTOMATIC
>> local variables are placed on the stack, whereas STATIC variables are
>> placed in static storage.
> ...
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2016-09/msg00021.html
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 4:13 PM Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> Attached is a replacement for the original patch [...]
> ...
> 
> I hate to be a bother but I'm still waiting on official review for
> this patch for trunk - and I still have many other extension patches I
> would like to submit. I know these aren't as important as things like
> DTIO, ACC, and other f03/f08+ features, and I appreciate that the
> maintainers are overworked with these features as it is. Nevertheless
> I believe these legacy extensions to be useful to a number of user
> groups and would like to see the extensions through in this GCC
> release. I am quite committed to supporting the extensions and will
> address any PRs or regressions introduced as a result of them (though
> of course I aim to eliminate such bugs from the beginning).
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> ---
> Fritz Reese

looks OK to me, Go ahead.

Jerry