Re: Bug 84894 - [F2018] provide iso_fortran_binding.h

[Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 07:45:24PM -0700, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> 
> Is it your intent to filibuster this feature and prevent
> gfortran from supporting MPI-3 or do you want to have a
> constructive conversation where we talk about things that
> benefit users?

I don't speak for gfortran/gcc development or developers.

I am not preventing a feature.  Anyone, including you, are
more than welcomed to submit a patch.  iso_fortran_binding.h
won't be in gcc 8.1 as it is too late in the development 
cycle.  I also predict, that unless Anyone, including you,
step up to plate that this header won't appear for a very
long time in gfortran.  It's quite simple.  Too many bugs
and features to implement, too few developers.

I simply find it odd that MPI 3.1 implemented a module
named mpi_f08 that uses features not included in the
F2008 Standard.

I fix bugs in gfortran as a hobby.  29 bugs since the
beginning of the year.  The oldest was 10 years old.  The
newest bug was 9 days old.  I've reviewed a number of
patches from other contributors as they have reviewed
my patches.

As to filibustering, I have no intension of implementing
iso_fortran_binding.h.   If Anyone, including you or
someone associated with OpenCoarray, implements 
iso_fortran_binding.h before close of stage 4 for gcc 
8.1, I will review the patch and help shepard it into
the tree.

The ball is in your court.

-- 
Steve