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[wwwdocs,Patch] Update Fortran part in gcc-4.9/changes.html
- From: Tobias Burnus <burnus at net-b dot de>
- To: gcc patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gfortran <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:22:24 +0200
- Subject: [wwwdocs,Patch] Update Fortran part in gcc-4.9/changes.html
The attached patch updates the Fortran part of the GCC 4.9 release notes.
Comments are welcome. Otherwise, I intent to commit it soon. (Well,
comments are also welcome after committal ;-)
Tobias
Index: changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.9/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -p -r1.19 changes.html
--- changes.html 25 Jun 2013 08:05:13 -0000 1.19
+++ changes.html 25 Jun 2013 11:22:14 -0000
@@ -137,12 +137,32 @@ void f(int n) {
<ul>
<li>Compatibility notice:
<ul>
- <li>Note that the argument passing ABI has changed for scalar dummy
- arguments of type <code>INTEGER</code>, <code>REAL</code>,
- <code>COMPLEX</code> and <code>LOGICAL</code>, which have
- <em>both</em> the <code>VALUE</code> and the <code>OPTIONAL</code>
- attribute.</li>
- </ul></li>
+ <li>Module files: The version of the module files (<code>.mod</code>)
+ has been incremented; additionally, module files are now compressed.
+ Fortran <code>MODULE</code>s compiled by earlier GCC versions have
+ to be recompiled, when they are <code>USE</code>d by files compiled
+ with GCC 4.9, because GCC 4.9 is not able to read <code>.mod</code>
+ files of earlier GCC versions; attempting to do so gives an error
+ message. Note: The ABI of the produced assembler data itself has not
+ changed: object files and libraries are fully compatible to older
+ versions. (Except for the next items.)</li>
+ <li>ABI changes:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Note that the <a
+ href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Argument-passing-conventions.html"
+ >argument passing ABI</a> has changed for scalar dummy
+ arguments of type <code>INTEGER</code>, <code>REAL</code>,
+ <code>COMPLEX</code> and <code>LOGICAL</code>, which have
+ <em>both</em> the <code>VALUE</code> and the <code>OPTIONAL</code>
+ attribute.</li>
+ <li>Due to the support of finalization, the virtual table associated
+ with polymorphic variables has changed. Therefore, code containing
+ <code>CLASS</code> should be recompiled, including all files which
+ define derived types involved in the type definition used by
+ polymorphic variables. (Note: Due to the incremented module version,
+ trying to mix old code with new code will usually give an error
+ message.)</li>
+ </ul></li>
<li>The deprecated command-line option <code>-fno-whole-file</code>
has been removed. (<code>-fwhole-file</code> is the default since
GCC 4.6.) <code>-fwhole-file</code>/<code>-fno-whole-file</code>
@@ -167,6 +187,21 @@ void f(int n) {
rank; contrary to <code>NO_ARG_CHECK</code> assumed-rank arguments
pass an array descriptor which contains the array shape and stride
of the argument.</li>
+ <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Fortran2003Status">Fortran 2003</a>:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Finalization is now supported. Note that finalization is currently
+ only done for a subset of the situations in which it should occur.</li>
+ </li></ul>
+ <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Fortran2008Status">Fortran 2008</a>:
+ <ul>
+ <li>When <code>STOP</code> or <code>ERROR STOP</code> is used to terminate
+ the execution and any exception (but inexact) is signaling, a warning is
+ printed to <code>ERROR_UNIT</code>, indicating which exceptions are
+ signaling. The <code><a
+ href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Debugging-Options.html"
+ >-ffpe-summary=</a></code> command-line option can be used to fine-tune
+ for which exception the warning should be shown.</li>
+ </li></ul>
</ul>
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