-fdefault-integer-8 again!-(

[Jack Howarth]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:58:08PM +0100, Paul Richard Thomas wrote:
> > (-m32 and -m64). The most annoying problem I have seen so far is
> > an ICE for gfortran.dg/alloc_comp_constructor_1.f90 (pr34143,
> > just closed as fixed by Paul Thomas):
> 
> Why is that 'annoying'? This was a patch that was posted months ago;
> none of this was said@the time or since.
> As for the testcase you mention, it has nothing to do with pr34143.
> It's comment says:
> 
> ! Test constructors of derived type with allocatable components (PR 20541).
> 
> 
> It might be that I have caused a regression on powerpc-apple-darwin9.
> However, this platform is becoming so aberrant as to be unmaintainable
> for the likes of me. I do not have this machine nor do I see the
> problems that it has.
> 
> ...snip..
> 
> > Should I reopen pr34143 or open a new pr?
> 
> Do what you want - I wash my hands of it.  Revert my patch on
> allocatable components if you want and fix it yourself.
> 
> Paul

Paul,
   I think a more reasonable response would be to ask if this
same issue exists on powerpc64 linux. The problem doesn't show
up in the stock testsuite runs on powerpc Darwin9 so it make
be latent on powerpc64 linux as well.
                     Jack