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Re: Change language name from "f95" to "fortran"

From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
To: FX Coudert <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>
Cc: Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery dot com>, fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org, patch <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:55:49 -0700
Subject: Re: Change language name from "f95" to "fortran"
References: <4316084B.8080001@gmail.com> <200509081729.19377.paul@codesourcery.com> <43243CBC.1030309@gmail.com> <4325BF80.3090900@codesourcery.com> <4325E911.20402@gmail.com>

FX Coudert wrote:
>> Only on mainline, please.  This would be a potentially disruptive change
>> to upgrading 4.0.x users.
> 
> 
> Well, the old name is still supported (see the part of the patch in
> toplevel configure.in). What would it break?

I guess that if the default is still the old name, it's OK, assuming
Fortran maintainers like the idea.

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