[Fwd: [PATCH, libgfortran] Fix PR26890 SIZE parameter interacts with variable in IO list]

[Steve Kargl]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:05:19PM +0200, Paul Thomas wrote:
> 
> Does anybody own up to knowing what the "pad" field is for?  Its strange 
> size belies its name.
> 

Without checking the file history, I'd guess that this may
be from Jakub's thread-safe library work.  The padding would
provide future growth of the struct while maintaining 
backwards compatibility.

-- 
Steve