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Re: [PATCH, fortran] Revival of AUTOMATIC patch
- From: FX <fxcoudert at gmail dot com>
- To: Jim MacArthur <jim dot macarthur at codethink dot co dot uk>
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:26:39 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH, fortran] Revival of AUTOMATIC patch
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>> All in all Iâm skeptical of adding even more old language extensions with
>> little demand when we have a hard time filling up gaps in the standard. Each
>> addition adds to maintainance load, especially as they might not interact
>> too well with more modern features. (For example coarrays or BIND attribute,
>> which were not around when AUTOMATIC was in use.)
>>
>> I donât find any request for this feature in the whole bugzilla database.
>
> That's understandable. We'll maintain this feature in our own delta. I felt it
> was in the spirit of open source to offer it in case it was useful.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to review it.
I definitely appreciate your contribution! And because it is now archived in the mailing-list archives, if people are interested in the future they can definitely pick it up. It is a rather âstandaloneâ patch, I donât think it would bitrot fast.
But maybe other developers feel differently about it, in which case weâll have a more âtechnicalâ review (mostly of the testcases needed, I think).
Thanks again,
FX