Hi Alan,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] > > Hi Arjen: > > Just to interject, you have been tempted before to go down this road of > attempting > to support gfortran-4.8. But I have always argued against that for the > following > reasons: > > We may never get that support to work properly. > > Adding such support introduces complexity into our new Fortran binding. > > gfortran-4.9 works beautifully, and modern Linux (and other) software > distributions > typically provide substantially higher versions than 4.9. So I assume those > who are > stuck with gfortran-4.8 or lower are a small and rapidly shrinking fraction > of our > potential Fortran users. > > So from the above considerations I believe we should address this issue by > simply > stating in the release notes that gfortran-4.8 does not work (unless the user > specifies our old binding and examples using > -DPL_DEPRECATED_f95=ON) and therefore gfortran-4.9 is the minimum version > we support in undeprecated fashion going forward. > > @Hazen: > > Just for fun with all this testing power at your fingertips, do you want to > specify - > DPL_DEPRECATED_f95=ON for your gfortran-4.8 test to really make sure that > works like I claim above? > Yes, you are right - I was not quite sure which version of gfortran gets it right ;). Since it is only a minor version, we can simply state that you need 4.9 or later. Makes life a lot simpler. Regards, Arjen DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail.
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