Hi Alan, everyone,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca]
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 5:12 AM
> To: PLplot development list
> Subject: [Plplot-devel] New Fortran binding has now landed on master
>
> I am happy to report I just landed a big topic (complete update of our Fortran
> binding and Fortran examples that Arjen and I have been working on for some
> time)
> on master.
>
> If you update your local master branches to the latest version (commit id
> 498019cf)
> you will see that commit is the last of 70 (!) commits that Arjen and I
> collaborated
> on (using "git format-patch"/"git am") using a private topic branch.
>
> This commit finalized the Fortran PLplot API and also passed all my
> comprehensive
> tests so it was time to land this topic. I did that following the method
> documented in
> README.developers. However, that method is a little more scary when you are
> dealing with 70 commits rather than just one or two maintenance commits. But
> everything worked very well as you can see.
>
> To see our motivation for working so hard on this topic, please consult the
> notes
> about this Fortran binding rewrite in README.release. The net result I think
> is
> Fortran is for the very first time one of our most powerful language
> bindings, and
> that fits in quite well with our advertising PLplot as a scientific plotting
> library
> because modern Fortran (2003 or later) is in something of a renaissance with
> scientists now that it has gained so many high-power capabilities compared to
> Fortran 77.
>
> I am in a celebratory mood tonight because of this joint achievement with
> Arjen, and
> I am sure he is feeling the same way!
>
:) I can confirm that. Overall it has been my most extensive exercise with the
ISO_C_BINDING feature and we have been able to eliminate all intermediate C
code, which should make the maintenance of this binding easier as well.
There still remains a lot to do: cleaning up the code, properly document it and
- a mental note on the promise I made myself and Alan - write it all down in a
handy little article. But I am happy that the bulk of the work is done and that
it can be shared with everyone.
Regards,
Arjen
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