[Bug fortran/49961] type bounded function can not return a pointer of a array

[burnus at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49961

Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-08-03 
15:21:32 UTC ---
Thanks for the report. As it is not a regression, I don't think the fix will be
back-ported. Fortunately, it seems to be fixed in 4.6.x and in the current
developer version 4.7.

For using OOP programming features such as type-bound procedures and
polymorphism, it is best to use GCC 4.6 or 4.7. See http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OOP
for an overview of fixed and still unfixed OOP bugs by GCC version.

Maybe Ubuntu also has a newer version, which can be installed besides (or
instead of) the system GCC. If not, Debian has GCC 4.6.1 in Testing/Unstable,
cf.
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gfortran&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Additionally, unofficial nightly builds of GCC are available from
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries
Those can also be installed without root permissions in some directory.