On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:56 PM Thomas König <t...@tkoenig.net> wrote: > > Hello world, > > the attached patch loads scalar INTENT(IN) variables to a local > variable at the start of a procedure, as suggested in PR 67202, in > order to aid optimization. This is controlled by front-end > optimization so it is easier to catch if any bugs should turn up :-) > > This is done to make optimization by the middle-end easier. > > I left in the parts for debugging that I added for this patch. > Seeing the difference between EXEC_INIT_ASSIGN and EXEC_ASSIGN was > particularly instructive. > > Regression-tested. OK for trunk?
Wouldn't it be even better to pass scalar intent(in) variables by value? The obvious objection of course is ABI, but for procedures with an explicit interface we're not following any particular ABI anyways? -- Janne Blomqvist
