[Patch, Fortran] PR 42353: [OOP] Bogus Error: Name 'vtype$...' at (1) is an ambiguous reference ...

[Janus Weil]

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2009/12/17 Janus Weil <janus@gcc.gnu.org>:
>> the attached patch fixes a small OOP problem, where under certain
>> circumstances one would get 'ambiguous reference' errors for the
>> vtypes. The easiest thing I could think of to fix this is to make the
>> vtypes private, which means that each module which uses a vtype will
>> have its own private copy (which in principle should not be a problem,
>> should it?).
>
> In contrast to the patch I sent earlier, the version attached here
> also fixes the second error in the PR, which I almost forgot about
> ("Error: The element in the derived type constructor at (1), for
> pointer component '$extends', is DERIVED but should be DERIVED").
>
> Although the patch obviously works, I'm not sure if it may have any
> negative consequences and if it's the best thing to do. At least it
> fixes the test case and regtests cleanly.
>
> Comments? Suggestions? Ok for trunk?
>
> Cheers,
> Janus