> I think that this approach is a mistake. The patch > starts us down a slippery slope. Why not export all > the nonstandard intrinsics? In additions, the > _gfortran_ prefix was used to separate the libgfortran > namespace from userspace. Providing a means to > circumvent this separation seems to asking for more > PR.
Well, the mean exists. All _gfortran_* functions can already be called, they're part of libgfortran's public (and versioned) API. I'm just saying adding a simple backtrace function to that list is useful, and documenting it too. > I would rather see a new intrinsic procedure add to > gfortran. The standard does not prevent a vendor > from offer additional intrinsic procedures not found > in the standard. I just think multiplicating vendor intrinsics makes our life harder. I'd like to hear other's opinions on this issue, but I'll implement the new intrinsic if that's the consensus. Thanks, FX
