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Re: [PATCH,fortran]: partial fix for PR 32600 - OK for GCC 4.3.0/stage 3

Tobias Burnus wrote:

> One reason we would like to have it in GCC 4.3 and not in GCC 4.4 is
> that starting with GCC 4.3.0 we will have symbol versioning and can
> therefore not remove the library function in 4.4.0. As the function
> belongs to Fortran 2003 (ISO C Binding), it is still not widely used and
> thus most GCC 4.3.0-pre-patch-compiled programs will be unaffected by
> this change.
> 
> Do you think that the patch can go in GCC 4.3.0 or has it to wait for
> GCC 4.4.0?

Thank you for asking.  As these changes are completely within the
Fortran compiler and its run-time library, and as there's a good
justification, yes, this is OK.

Thanks,

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