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Update to Fortran "invoke" documentation about the features -finit-<type> *really* provides.
- From: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot org>
- To: gfortran <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:21:59 +0100
- Subject: Update to Fortran "invoke" documentation about the features -finit-<type> *really* provides.
And, as indicated, the list might change in the future.
ChangeLog:
2011-12-05 Toon Moene <toon@moene.org>
PR/51310
invoke.texi: Itemize the cases for which -finit-<type> doesn't
work.
OK for trunk ? (and perhaps later for the 4.6 branch ?
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Index: invoke.texi
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--- invoke.texi (revision 182001)
+++ invoke.texi (working copy)
@@ -1471,10 +1471,18 @@
the real and imaginary parts of local @code{COMPLEX} variables),
@option{-finit-logical=@var{<true|false>}}, and
@option{-finit-character=@var{n}} (where @var{n} is an ASCII character
-value) options. These options do not initialize components of derived
-type variables, nor do they initialize variables that appear in an
-@code{EQUIVALENCE} statement. (This limitation may be removed in
-future releases).
+value) options. These options do not initialize
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+automatic arrays
+@item
+allocatable arrays
+@item
+components of derived type variables
+@item
+variables that appear in an @code{EQUIVALENCE} statement.
+@end itemize
+(These limitations may be removed in future releases).
Note that the @option{-finit-real=nan} option initializes @code{REAL}
and @code{COMPLEX} variables with a quiet NaN. For a signalling NaN