Re: [patch, fortran] Load scalar intent-in variables at the beginning of procedures

["Thomas König" <tk@tkoenig.net>]

Hi Tobias,

> On 11/12/19 1:42 PM, Thomas König wrote:
>>> Ah, of course. I should have said module procedures. Or even module procedures without bind(C)?
>> It would probably be the latter. The change would actually be rather small: If conditions are met, just add attr.value for INTENT(IN). This is something we should probably do when we are forced into doing an ABI change by other circumstances.
> 
> Will this still work if one does:
> 
> module m
> contains
> integer function val(y)
>  integer, intent(in) :: y
>  val = 2*y
> end function val
> end module m
> 
> use m
> interface
>  integer function proc(z)
>    integer, intent(in) :: z
>  end function proc
> end interface
> procedure(proc), pointer :: ff
> ff => val
> print *, ff(10)
> end

You are right, it would not work. So, scratch that idea. Maybe we should commit this as a test case so nobody gets funny ideas in two year‘s time 😉

So, I think we can then discuss the original patch.

Regards

Thomas