re PR fortran/63529 (Bad error and ICE with Cray Pointers in Modules)

2018-05-13  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>

	PR fortran/63529
	* gfortran.texi: Clarify documentation for Cray pointer and
	assumed-sized array.

From-SVN: r260213

diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index a00e8617d56a888c6bfa354ac6e51f242451989a..e1827a986bb602751af80604305fb31db012fc77 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-05-13  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+       PR fortran/63529
+       * gfortran.texi: Clarify documentation for Cray pointer and
+       assumed-sized array.
+
 2018-05-13  Paul Thomas  <pault@gcc.gnu.org>
 
        PR fortran/85742

diff --git a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
index 6f894816c6273bd49aba23369bac00c927fbbb17..463256380acf99f3501746db8aef9d72ddca33a2 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
+++ b/gcc/fortran/gfortran.texi
@@ -1906,10 +1906,12 @@ or,
         pointer ( <pointer1> , <pointee1> ), ( <pointer2> , <pointee2> ), ...
 @end smallexample
 The pointer is an integer that is intended to hold a memory address.
-The pointee may be an array or scalar.  A pointee can be an assumed
-size array---that is, the last dimension may be left unspecified by
-using a @code{*} in place of a value---but a pointee cannot be an
-assumed shape array.  No space is allocated for the pointee.
+The pointee may be an array or scalar.
+If an assumed-size array is permitted within the scoping unit, a
+pointee can be an assumed-size array.
+That is, the last dimension may be left unspecified by using a @code{*}
+in place of a value. A pointee cannot be an assumed shape array.
+No space is allocated for the pointee.
 
 The pointee may have its type declared before or after the pointer
 statement, and its array specification (if any) may be declared