PR fortran/51727: make module files reproducible, question on C++ in gcc

[Tobias Schlüter]

Dear gfortraners,

On 2012-10-14 23:35, Janne Blomqvist wrote:
> - I'd be vary wrt backporting, in my experience the module.c code is
> somewhat fragile and easily causes regressions. In any case, AFAICS PR
> 51727 is not a regression.

Can this be reconsidered, as the benefits for users seem to be fairly 
large?  According to bugzilla, the patch didn't cause any regressions 
after three weeks in the trunk.  Joost has used this patch in 
hand-patched 4.7 compilers for a few weeks more with no negative effects.

Cheers,
- Tobi