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2026-08-28

Author

Mikael Morin

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0a319625f6f525b85125c8d295be799d391c33c1

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project: gcc
subsystem: fortran
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 0a319625f6f525b85125c8d295be799d391c33c1
source_type: github
headline: Fortran array descriptors: Move default initialization of allocatable locals
tldr: Fortran compiler centralizes initialization logic for default array descriptors of allocatable local variables.
author: Mikael Morin
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • fortran
• compiler
• refactoring
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url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/0a319625f6f525b85125c8d295be799d391c33c1
date: 2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

The Fortran compiler now moves the code that sets up the initial unallocated state for allocatable local array descriptors to a dedicated function. This change centralizes the default initialization of the data pointer to null and sets the correct dtype upon function entry.