[gfortran] PR17222: Functions with derived type

Tobias Schlüter tobias.schlueter@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Tue Aug 31 17:33:00 GMT 2004


Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 06:32:26PM +0200, Tobias Schl?ter wrote:
> 
>>2004-08-31  Tobias Schlueter  <tobias.schlueter@physik.uni-muenchen.de>
>>
>>	PR fortran/17222
>>	* trans-types.c (gfc_return_by_reference): Remove TODO error,
>>	add comment pointing out possible issue WRT compatibility with g77.
> 
> 
> Can you give more details of the compatibility issue with g77?
> AFAIK, Fortran 77 did not implement derived types.  Did g77
> implement derived types as an extension?

That I don't know. The comment says this:
+  /* Possibly return complex numbers by reference for g77 compatibility.  */
and so this issue is not related to derived types ;-)

- Tobi



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