Re: Problem on rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.2.0 (Fortran) -DPIC

[Simon Richter]

Robert,

> I think you can ignore inline assembler for anything other than
> C (including C++).  I've never thought about it, but inline assembler
> in Fortran code sounds truly frightening!  Anyway, if it was so
> important, why doesn't the compiler define it for you?

Current gcc defines __PIC__ and __pic__ if -fPIC or -fpic is used (this
is defined in the specs file), and actually this is the right way to do
it, but I fear that people are still using #ifdef PIC because they have
seen it defined on the command line and are not aware of __PIC__.

What would be needed is a good transition plan. For example, the
libtoolize command could list the incompatible changes since the last
version.

   Simon

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