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List:       gcc-fortran
Subject:    Re: Questions about the gfortran test suite
From:       dominiq () lps ! ens ! fr (Dominique Dhumieres)
Date:       2005-12-27 20:20:09
Message-ID: 43B1A1F9.mailIIM1PTD7G () tournesol ! lps ! ens ! fr
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> Every extension must be tested, documented and -- in the future --
> maintained.  This extension has no benefits, except allowing for a sloppy
> coding standard, for a function without arguments, though possible, is a
> somewhat counterintuitive concept and therefore likely appears quite
> seldomly.  Unless there are actually users of this extension, I don't
> think it's worth it.  And even then I'd be tempted to urge them to fix
> their their sources, as the required change is completely mechanical.

Amen!

Since I have seen this coding in several test, my mistake was to think
that the extension was used on purpose.

Dominique

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