does gfortran backport any g95 code?

[Steve Kargl]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:10:38PM -0700, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
> Jack Howarth wrote:
> >     Do the gfortran developers ever look at the current g95 source
> >tree for opportunities to backport code (specifically related to
> >intrinsics)? I ask because I have just finished building xplor-nih
> >(a complex mix of c, c++ and fortran) on MacOS X 10.4 using the
> >Apple Xcode 2.1 gnu gcc/g++ compilers and the current g95 compiler.
> >The resulting xplor-nih build passes all of its testsuite. However
> >I can't build the same package with gfortran 4.0.1 on Fedora Core 4
> >due to the absence of the LOC intrinsic. It seems a shame that, in the
> >area of intrinsics, gfortran can't leverage the current work from
> >g95.
> >
> Yes we do look at g95.  LOC is pr22282 in bugzilla.  If I have time I 
> will look into this one.
> 

Don't bother.  Asher Langton (hope I spelled that right) has already
indicated that he and llnl have implemented a LOC intrinsic as well
as cray pointers.  Last I read, we are waiting on paper work.

-- 
Steve