g77 extension

[Toon Moene]

Robert Schweikert wrote:

> Is anyone still working on g77?

Well, it's put into "maintenance" mode - bugs are fixed and small
improvements might slip in ...

> Is there a chance that implementation of the "pointer" intrinsic
> extension will be implemented/

I wouldn't count on it if I were you.  Implementing "Cray" pointers
(which is probably what you're referring to) would need interdependend
changes throughout the whole Fortran frontend - which means that someone
has to take a month or so just to analyse the needed overhaul; and then
it has to be written ...

We confine ourselves to simple, localised changes (such as the solution
to the COMMON block debug info).

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