Breakage with [PATCH, libgfortran] PR60324 Handle arbitrarily long path names

[W Spector]

 > Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 07:01:27PM -0700, W Spector wrote:
>>
>> As an aside: Now that gfortran is being compiled by a C++ compiler, why
>> bother with all the C-style string manipulation?  STL strings make
>> string manipulation a lot easier/cleaner/safer...
>>
>
> I know at least one gfortran contributor/code reviewer
> that knows very little C++ (and I suspect he has little
> time or inclination to learn C++).  With a dwiddling
> number of active gfortran contributors, I suppose it
> makes perfect sense to throw up another barrier.

STL strings are a pretty low barrier.  They are a lot easier to use than 
C string handling.  Just curiosity on my part though.

Walter