>
> Fortran has for a long time 'character(len=5), allocatable" or
> "character(len=*)". In the first case, the "5" can be ignored as both
> caller and callee know the length. In the second case, the length is
> determined by the argument, but it cannot be changed.
>
> Since a not-that-short while, 'len=:' together with allocatable/pointer
> is supported.
>
> In the latter case, the value can be change when the array
> association/allocation is changed.
>
> I attached a patch, which was not tested. I am not quite sure whether
> the pointer address can actually escape or not - I think cannot but I
> played safe.
>
> Tobias
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> Fortran: Fix fn spec for character-returning functions
>
> gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
> * trans-types.c (create_fn_spec): For character-returning functions,
> set the hidden string-length argument to 'R' only when the "len=:",
> i.e. deferred length which goes alongside with allocatable/pointer.
>
> diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
> index 220976babb8..637d2c71d01 100644
> --- a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
> +++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
> @@ -3008,7 +3008,14 @@ create_fn_spec (gfc_symbol *sym, tree fntype)
> }
> if (sym->ts.type == BT_CHARACTER)
> {
> - spec[spec_len++] = 'R';
> + if (!sym->ts.u.cl->length
> + && ((sym->attr.allocatable && sym->attr.target)
> + || sym->attr.pointer))
> + spec[spec_len++] = '.';
> + if (!sym->ts.u.cl->length && sym->attr.allocatable)
> + spec[spec_len++] = 'w';
> + else
> + spec[spec_len++] = 'R';
> spec[spec_len++] = ' ';
Thanks a lot! I was just looking into that function and was quite
confused on what is going there. Are you going to commit the patch?
Also escaping is quite important bit of information so it would be
good to figure out if it really can escape rather than playing safe.
Honza
> }
> }
