fortran .mod files

[Billinghurst, David (RTATECH)]

> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:24:10 +0100 FX Coudert wrote:
> >
> >  From what I remember, we have never formalized this. The current
> > consensus, as I understand it, is that while there is no guarantee
> > on compatibility, modules files are actually compatible within
> > releases of the same branch (4.2 is a branch, 4.3 will be another
> > one), unless of course there is a bug nasty enough to mandate fixing
> > (a regression wrt to a previous release) that crept into module
> > format. I don't think such a thing has occured for 4.2, but others
> > may be more affirmative than me on this point (Paul or Tobias ?).
> >


Can the testsuite check this?  Should it?


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