[Fwd: Re: Fortran Parser -- last call]

[Steve Kargl]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 09:32:14AM +0100, Philippe Marguinaud wrote:

> Of course, I know that the parser is something which is evolving all the 
> time, so if you add a new feature and I have written its counterpart in 
> the XML output, something will go wrong if somebody tries to dump XML on 
> some code using this feature. Otherwise regular compile will be OK.

This is the number one reason why it is a BAD idea to include
your xml generator in gfortran.  Patches need to be reviewed
before they can be committed.  Who is going to be the reviewer?
What happens if you get hit by a bus or your new employer
forbids you from working on a GPL3 project?  This feature
will place an undo burden on contributors who are actually
concerned with making and maintaining gfortran.

Having submitted a patch for ERRMSG and receiving sufficient
feedback from Tobias, I realize that I will need to rewrite
a substantial portion of the parsing of [DE]ALLOCATE.  I
personally do not want to wade through any unnecessary code.

-- 
Steve