[Bug fortran/20178] COMPLEX function returns incompatible with g77

["stevenj at fftw dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From stevenj at fftw dot org  2005-03-03 21:49 -------
Subject: Re:  COMPLEX function returns incompatible with
 g77

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, tobi at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> BTW I will also propose a patch to make -fno-second-underscore the 
> default, once this is fixed.

I'm confused...shouldn't it be one or the other?  i.e. either make -ff2c 
-fsecond-underscore the default, compatible with g77, *or* make -fno-f2c 
-fno-second-underscore the default, incompatible with g77 but free of f2c 
cruft.

I would vote for the former, simply because compatibility with g77 by 
default has huge practical advantages for library distributors that seem 
(to me) to outweigh the aesthetic benefits of removing f2c cruft.

(Making -fno-second-underscore the default does have the non-aesthetic 
practical advantage of better compatibility with non-GNU compilers, but 
the GNU project has traditionally placed a higher priority on 
compatibility with free software than with non-free software.)

Steven


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