problem with default initialized pointers in types?

[Jerry DeLisle]

Paul Thomas wrote:
> Tobias and Daniel,
>> This is difficult. gfortran currently does not check for such mismatches
>> in the same file. (This is planed, however, maybe it will even be done
>> during the 4.3 development.)
>>   
> It is my intention to disappear off the scene as a regular contributor  
> for 3-4 months, from Christmas. You will hear from me, when I can, but 
> professional commitments will take me out of the loop pretty solidly.  I 
> just cannot afford the time, for the time being,  for the submit, commit 
> and review cycle.
> 
> That said, it is my intention to carry out two longish-term developments 
> during that time:
> 
> (i) The same file interface checking that is discussed here.  The reason 
> that I have been working hard on interfaces these last few weeks is to 
> build up the knowledge to know best how to do this.
> 
> (ii) I want to have a stab at rejigging module.c, so that modules are 
> read to namespaces that are kept in memory and are USEed from there.  
> This is intended both to speed up module loading and to add the hooks 
> for submodules.  (Incidentally, Bud, if you are still offering gfortran 
> tee-shirts, how about one for the person that proposes a naming 
> convention for sub-module files? :-) ).  Who knows, there might even be 
> a submission for submodules in the spring.....
> 
> Between Chistmas and New Year, I will post where I have got to on each 
> of the PRs on which I have been working or where there is a patch 
> outstanding/partially committed/unreviewed.  I would suggest that there 
> be an open season on these.  I do apologise but it has been easier, 
> these last months, to make fixes than to get them through the system.  I 
> hope that you all will accept that I was making the best contribution 
> that I could, as "daytime" commitments caught up with me.
> 
No need to apologize, you have made great contributions!

Also, I would be happy to proxy for you if in the next few months you happen 
upon some fix here or there and would like it followed through for you.

Best Regards,

Jerry