*ping* - Re: [Patch, Fortran] PR56907 - do not 'pack' arrays passed to C_LOC

[Tobias Burnus]

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Also pending is the NO_ARGS_CHECK patch at: 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2013-04/msg00120.html

On April 10, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Fortran 2008 supports  C_LOC(array); if the argument is not simply 
> contiguous, the current code adds a call to __gfortran_intrinsic_pack.
>
> The pack call shouldn't be there. Fortran 2008 demands that the actual 
> argument is contiguous and intrinsic_pack copy creates a copy if the 
> run-time check shows that the argument is not contiguous. Thus, it is 
> not a wrong-code issue. However, for performance reasons, it makes 
> sense to avoid the call __gfortran_intrinsic_pack.
>
> Build and regtested on x86-64-gnu-linux.
> OK for the trunk?
>
> Tobias