http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51802
--- Comment #2 from Paul Thomas <pault at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-20 10:52:45 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > That that changing this will break the ABI. Thus, it can only be done when we > have to break the ABI. That will happen for the new array descriptor. > > (This bug is listed at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LibgfortranAbiCleanup) I agree completely. However, once 4.7 is released, should we be excessively pristine about ABI breakage in trunk? It is, after all, the development version and, to some degree, if people use the development version for production code they should be mindful of the risks.... Cheers Paul
