[Bug fortran/46897] defined ASSIGNMENT(=) not used for derived type component

[janus at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46897

--- Comment #4 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org 2010-12-13 09:07:43 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Actually, I am less and less sure that this is a wrong-code issue.

I'm also a bit skeptical that this really is a bug. One should check the
standard.


> For
> 
>   type(t) :: infant, newchild
>   infant = newchild
> 
> one has the type "T" but the defined assignment is for "component". If one
> compiles the program in comment 2, none of my compilers uses the defined
> assignment.

Not even IBM?

If one doesn't use the defined assignment in comment #2, I don't see why one
should do so in comment #0.