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[committed] Small documentation fix to STRUCTURE
- From: Fritz Reese <fritzoreese at gmail dot com>
- To: gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:36:40 -0400
- Subject: [committed] Small documentation fix to STRUCTURE
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
Committed as obvious as r239862, this fixes a "rebase-o" ("typo during
rebase") that found its way into the documentation on STRUCTURE which
is clearly incorrect:
Index: gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
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--- gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi (revision 239861)
+++ gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi (working copy)
@@ -2127,9 +2127,10 @@ be disabled using -std=legacy.
@cindex @code{RECORD}
Record structures are a pre-Fortran-90 vendor extension to create
-user-defined aggregate data types. GNU Fortran does not support
-record structures, only Fortran 90's ``derived types'', which have
-a different syntax.
+user-defined aggregate data types. Support for record structures in GNU
+Fortran can be enabled with the @option{-fdec-structure} compile flag.
+If you have a choice, you should instead use Fortran 90's ``derived types'',
+which have a different syntax.
In many cases, record structures can easily be converted to derived types.
To convert, replace @code{STRUCTURE /}@var{structure-name}@code{/}
Index: gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
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--- gcc/fortran/ChangeLog (revision 239861)
+++ gcc/fortran/ChangeLog (working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-08-30 Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com>
+
+ * gfortran.texi: Fix typo in STRUCTURE documentation.
+
2016-08-29 Fritz Reese <fritzoreese@gmail.com>
Fix, reorganize, and clarify comparisons of anonymous types/components.
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Fritz Reese