[Fortran-dev] Merged trunk into the branch

[Tobias Burnus]

I have merged the trunk into Fortran-dev merge. I have not yet 
regtested, but I hope that there are not too many (new) failures.

Committed as Rev., merging r189741 (from July) to r197268.

The Fortran-dev branch contains the array-descriptor update work. The 
first part of the update is almost done (ubound -> extend, 
stride->stride multiplier), except for a handful remaing issues. The 
next big step is - as just mentioned - the removal of the "offset" field.

Tobias

PS: This merge is *not* a commitment that I will do substantial work on 
the branch any time soon.