Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Fortran] PR37336 - FIINAL patch [1/n]: Implement the finalization wrapper subroutine

2012-08-27 Thread Rouson, Damian
Hi Mikael, Is this patch approved? I realize it's not the final step (no pun intended), but I will be very excited to see this hit the trunk. Supporting FINAL will have broad impact on my work and the work of others writing modern Fortran libraries and applications. Damian On 8/25/12 1:42 PM, "

Re: [EXTERNAL] [Fortran] PR37336 - FIINAL patch [1/n]: Implement the finalization wrapper subroutine

2012-08-13 Thread Rouson, Damian
Hi Tobias, Thanks for your work on this. This is a big step. I would add to your list the following: (4) If the entity is of extended type and the parent type has a component that is finalizable, the parent component's component is finalized. In ForTrilnos, we need for this to happen even when

Re: [Patch,Fortran] PR39427/37829 - implement F2003's constructors

2011-11-06 Thread Rouson, Damian
Bravo! Thanks for all the hard work, Tobias. Although I realize many people will (correctly) label the constructor capability as syntactic sugar, it supports an idiom that is common across OOP languages as you point out. Common idioms have expressive power. Damian On 11/6/11 6:29 AM, "Tobias B