On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 06:54:08PM +0100, Toon Moene wrote: > The attached patch makes -finit-<type>=<constant> generate default > initialization for automatic arrays. > > It was OK for the trunk - is it also OK for the 4.6 branch ? > > Strictly speaking, it doesn't fix a regression, it is a fix for a > (non-default) debugging option. >
Speaking for myself, it seems that the general rule of thumb among the gfortran committers is that it is up to the discretion of the committer if he/she wants to backport a non-regression patch. The 2 measures I use are: 1) is the patch fairly local (ie., only a few lines in at most a couple of files); 2) what is the likelihood for causing a problem (ie., a regression of breaking bootstrap). In your particular case, I think the patch is a useful debugging aid, and the likelihood of causing a problem is very low. -- Steve
