Am 10.08.20 um 18:53 schrieb Michael Meissner:
IMHO, changing the default is only appropriate for times like a distribution
major number changes, where backwards and forwards compatibility is carefully
controlled. But before we can contemplate doing this, we need the ability to
change the default and have it all work together.
That is, of course, true.
However, we should already think ahead. If this change is done the
way you describe, where we would just change REAL(KIND=16) from
__ibm128 to __float128, this is a binary incompatible change,
and libgfortran needs a new major revision number on POWER. I see
no way around that.
Best regards
Thomas
