ISO_C_BINDING patch commited to fortran-experiments branch

[Steve Kargl]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:10:59AM -0500, Jack Howarth wrote:
> FX,
>    So is the main reason that the ISO_C_BINDING required its own
> branch that its formatting wouldn't be accepted by gcc rules?

No.  FX and I discussed this on IRC a while ago.  FX saw a 
preview of the patch and stated that it touched several
(if not most) of the files in frontend.  Besides the formatting
issues (which are minor), there is the possibility of unintended
bugs.  FX and I felt that a branch would facilitate the merging.  
One of the advantageous of the branch is that it removes the 
burden from Christopher to fix every little detail.

BTW, once the ISO_C_BINDING patch is merged into trunk, this
branch will not go away.  It is intended as a sandbox for
large features and experiments.  Pault announced his plans to
rework module.c and possibly provide support for submodules.
This branch would be a great place for Paul to do the development.
There is also IEEE 754 support that can be developed on the
branch.

-- 
Steve