Re: compilation cascades and new Fortran features

In article <1128044164.165927.200640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
robert.corbett@xxxxxxx wrote:

> > Now, I am wondering if some the new features introduced in
> > F2003 bring new solutions for that problem ? Could you
> > comment on that ?
>
> No. Make is not capable of handling the usual implementation of
> Fortran modules without either missing some necessary rebuilds
> or doing some extra rebuilds. Make could be extended to deal
> with Fortran modules, but I don't know of work being done along
> those lines.

Please note that the question was specifically about the new features of
f2003. As noted in another reply, the modules TR to f2003 has features
that *DO* specifically address this problem. There are, as of yet, no
"usual" implementations of that. The question of when there might be any
is another matter.

I will note that several compiler vendors have specifically commented
that they see enough demand for the modules TR that they may well
implement it in f95 compilers before completing all the base f2003
features.
.