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Re: [Patch, Fortran] PR34246 - Fix for character bind(C) functions
- From: Tobias Burnus <burnus at net-b dot de>
- To: gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "'fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:02:35 +0100
- Subject: Re: [Patch, Fortran] PR34246 - Fix for character bind(C) functions
- References: <475C6EEC.10601@net-b.de>
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Tobias Burnus wrote:
> I implemented a while a go a patch which should generate for
> character(len=1,kind=c_char) function foo() bind(C)
> an interface matching the C prototype
> char foo()
>
> However, the test case failed on some systems (e.g. working on x86-64
> but failing on x86-32). It turned out that the returned value was still
> regarded as array by the middle end.
>
> The attached patch fixes this; as the patch was created on a
> try-and-error bases, it should be carefully reviewed.
>
> Build and regression tested (check-gfortran + gomp) with -m32 and -m64
> on x86-64-linux.
>
> OK for the trunk?
>
> Tobias