On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 08:47:31AM +0000, Mark Eggleston wrote: > > It is a bit confusing that the Fortran FE source files have the .c > extension implying C when they are C++ and are compiled using C++.
It is not puzzling at all. gfortran was added to GCC some 15 years ago. gfortran was originally written in C and is mostly still written in C. When asking people, who know Fortran, to get involved in gfortran development, the #1 excuse why they don't ----> "I don't know C". Now, throw C++ on top of C, and it is even harder to find new hands. C++ creep into gfortran is, IMNSHO, a bad thing. As to the patch, unless someone else objects, I suppose it's ok. -- Steve
