RFC/Patch for PR fortran/17675

[Eric Botcazou]

> > I still don't understand how such a problem could have remained
> > unaddressed for so long.
>
> Well, that's pretty simple.  All people working on the Fortran front end
> are volunteers (even if they are paid to work on *other* parts of GCC).

Yes, I know, likewise for almost everyone working on the FSF compiler.

> We can't guarantee delivery or timely fixing of bugs.

Indeed.  But I was under the impression you Fortran folks were chasing little 
bugs on x86 lately, while this big regression was plaguing the RISC world.

-- 
Eric Botcazou