[Fortran] Improved dependency analysis of pointer variables

[Steve Kargl]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 08:05:18PM -0500, Jack Howarth wrote:
>    What are the chances of this getting into 4.1 branch once this
> has been tested in trunk for awhile? It would be really nice to
> continue to put optimization changes into 4.1 as long as they don't
> require changes outside of the gfortran directories. Also it would
> limit the forking of the 4.1 and main branches.
>           Jack

Jack,

Unless the person committing a patch has an interest in updating
4.1, the patch will probably not make it into 4.1.  OTOH, if
someone (possible you) pull the bits out of trunk, merges the 
patch with 4.1, and tests it.  There is a chance that it may
be committed.

Also note, the gfortran team has been granted some leniency 
to committed non-regression changes to release branches.  At some
point, gfortran will need to toe-the-line.

-- 
Steve