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Re: [Patch, fortran] [00/21] Remove coarray support in the scalarizer


On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 01:08:13AM +0200, Mikael Morin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the scalarizer is there to generate loops for assignments over more than
> one element. Tobias extended it at various places to support coarrays,
> but this should not be necessary as coarrays in assignments either refer
> to the array present on the local image or to the one on the remote image
> (in which case a local temporary is created). In either case the coarray
> is seen as a normal array by the assignment code, which makes the point
> of having coarray-specific handling in the scalarizer moot.
> 
> In fact the reason for the presence of coarrays in the scalarizer is that
> gfc_conv_expr_descriptor uses the scalarizer to setup array (co)bounds.
> 
> This patch serie removes the coarray-specific code in the scalarizer, and
> replaces it with some additional cobound setup code in gfc_conv_expr_descriptor.
> It is supposed to make the code easier to grasp by having a scalarizer free of
> coarray stuff (it is complicated enough without it), and by having cobound
> setup code gathered in a single place.
> The downside is that it makes gfc_conv_expr_descriptor even bigger than it was
> already.
> 
> Every patch has been tested by incremental bootstrap and running the fortran
> testsuite with RUNTESTLAGS=caf.exp and RUNTESTFLAGS="dg.exp=*coarray*".
> The last one has also passed a full fortran regression test.
> 
> OK for trunk?
> 

I've read through the first 10 patches, and in general I like
the clean separation that you're trying to achieve.  Given that
this effects co-arrays I was expecting Tobias to quickly respond,
but it seems he is busy with other obligations.  I'll try to go
through the entire patch set on Saturday.

-- 
Steve


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