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Re: [patch, fortran, backport, 4.8] PR51825 - Fortran runtime error: Cannot match namelist object name
- From: Janus Weil <janus at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: Tilo Schwarz <tilo at tilo-schwarz dot de>
- Cc: gfortran <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:29:26 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patch, fortran, backport, 4.8] PR51825 - Fortran runtime error: Cannot match namelist object name
- References: <op dot wvd7zu0ma8ed4e at dellschleppa dot fritz dot box>
Hi Tilo,
> I would like to backport the fix for PR51825 I posted here
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-03/msg00316.html
>
> to the 4.8 branch.
well, the usual gfortran policy is to only do backports of regression
fixes. In exceptional cases, also non-regression fixes can be
backported (and have been in the past), if the bug is extremely severe
and/or the the fix is extremely simple (IMHO the most severe type of
bug is a wrong-code issue, where the user does not see any kind of
error message, but just 'silently' gets wrong results).
None of these is conditions is completely fulfilled, if you ask me
(although the patch is indeed relatively simple). Therefore I don't
directly see an urgent need for backporting, unless you can convince
us why backporting this is extremely important.
Anyway, I don't feel sufficiently familiar with the namelist I/O
sector to ok the patch, but maybe someone else can share his opinion
...
Cheers,
Janus