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-/* Generic implementation of the RESHAPE intrinsic
-   Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Generic implementation of the SPREAD intrinsic
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Paul Brook <paul@nowt.org>
 
-This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfor).
+This file is part of the GNU Fortran runtime library (libgfortran).
 
-Libgfor is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+Libgfortran is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-Ligbfor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+Ligbfortran is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with libgfor; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
-write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
+permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, version
+3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
+a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
+see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include "config.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include "libgfortran.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
-void
-__spread (const gfc_array_char * ret, const gfc_array_char * source,
-    const index_type * along, const index_type * pncopies)
+static void
+spread_internal (gfc_array_char *ret, const gfc_array_char *source,
+                const index_type *along, const index_type *pncopies)
 {
   /* r.* indicates the return array.  */
-  index_type rstride[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS - 1];
+  index_type rstride[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS];
   index_type rstride0;
-  index_type rdelta;
+  index_type rdelta = 0;
+  index_type rrank;
+  index_type rs;
   char *rptr;
   char *dest;
   /* s.* indicates the source array.  */
-  index_type sstride[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS - 1];
+  index_type sstride[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS];
   index_type sstride0;
+  index_type srank;
   const char *sptr;
 
-  index_type count[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS - 1];
-  index_type extent[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS - 1];
+  index_type count[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS];
+  index_type extent[GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS];
   index_type n;
   index_type dim;
-  index_type size;
   index_type ncopies;
+  index_type size;
+
+  size = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE(source);
+
+  srank = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_RANK(source);
+
+  sstride[0] = 0; /* Avoid warnings if not initialized.  */
 
-  size = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE (source);
-  dim = 0;
-  for (n = 0; n < GFC_DESCRIPTOR_RANK (ret); n++)
+  rrank = srank + 1;
+  if (rrank > GFC_MAX_DIMENSIONS)
+    runtime_error ("return rank too large in spread()");
+
+  if (*along > rrank)
+      runtime_error ("dim outside of rank in spread()");
+
+  ncopies = *pncopies;
+
+  if (ret->base_addr == NULL)
     {
-      if (n == *along - 1)
-        {
-          rdelta = ret->dim[n].stride * size;
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          count[dim] = 0;
-          extent[dim] = source->dim[dim].ubound + 1 - source->dim[dim].lbound;
-          sstride[dim] = source->dim[dim].stride * size;
-          rstride[dim] = ret->dim[n].stride * size;
-          dim++;
-        }
+      /* The front end has signalled that we need to populate the
+        return array descriptor.  */
+
+      size_t ub, stride;
+
+      ret->dtype.rank = rrank;
+
+      dim = 0;
+      rs = 1;
+      for (n = 0; n < rrank; n++)
+       {
+         stride = rs;
+         if (n == *along - 1)
+           {
+             ub = ncopies - 1;
+             rdelta = rs * size;
+             rs *= ncopies;
+           }
+         else
+           {
+             count[dim] = 0;
+             extent[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENT(source,dim);
+             sstride[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(source,dim);
+             rstride[dim] = rs * size;
+
+             ub = extent[dim]-1;
+             rs *= extent[dim];
+             dim++;
+           }
+
+         GFC_DIMENSION_SET(ret->dim[n], 0, ub, stride);
+       }
+      ret->offset = 0;
+      ret->base_addr = xmallocarray (rs, size);
+
+      if (rs <= 0)
+       return;
     }
-  dim = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_RANK (source);
-  if (sstride[0] == 0)
-    sstride[0] = size;
-  if (rstride[0] == 0)
-    rstride[0] = size;
+  else
+    {
+      int zero_sized;
+
+      zero_sized = 0;
+
+      dim = 0;
+      if (GFC_DESCRIPTOR_RANK(ret) != rrank)
+       runtime_error ("rank mismatch in spread()");
 
+      if (compile_options.bounds_check)
+       {
+         for (n = 0; n < rrank; n++)
+           {
+             index_type ret_extent;
+
+             ret_extent = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENT(ret,n);
+             if (n == *along - 1)
+               {
+                 rdelta = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(ret,n);
+
+                 if (ret_extent != ncopies)
+                   runtime_error("Incorrect extent in return value of SPREAD"
+                                 " intrinsic in dimension %ld: is %ld,"
+                                 " should be %ld", (long int) n+1,
+                                 (long int) ret_extent, (long int) ncopies);
+               }
+             else
+               {
+                 count[dim] = 0;
+                 extent[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENT(source,dim);
+                 if (ret_extent != extent[dim])
+                   runtime_error("Incorrect extent in return value of SPREAD"
+                                 " intrinsic in dimension %ld: is %ld,"
+                                 " should be %ld", (long int) n+1,
+                                 (long int) ret_extent,
+                                 (long int) extent[dim]);
+                   
+                 if (extent[dim] <= 0)
+                   zero_sized = 1;
+                 sstride[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(source,dim);
+                 rstride[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(ret,n);
+                 dim++;
+               }
+           }
+       }
+      else
+       {
+         for (n = 0; n < rrank; n++)
+           {
+             if (n == *along - 1)
+               {
+                 rdelta = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(ret,n);
+               }
+             else
+               {
+                 count[dim] = 0;
+                 extent[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENT(source,dim);
+                 if (extent[dim] <= 0)
+                   zero_sized = 1;
+                 sstride[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(source,dim);
+                 rstride[dim] = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(ret,n);
+                 dim++;
+               }
+           }
+       }
+
+      if (zero_sized)
+       return;
+
+      if (sstride[0] == 0)
+       sstride[0] = size;
+    }
   sstride0 = sstride[0];
   rstride0 = rstride[0];
-  rptr = ret->data;
-  sptr = source->data;
-  ncopies = *pncopies;
+  rptr = ret->base_addr;
+  sptr = source->base_addr;
 
   while (sptr)
     {
@@ -100,7 +208,7 @@ __spread (const gfc_array_char * ret, const gfc_array_char * source,
           sptr -= sstride[n] * extent[n];
           rptr -= rstride[n] * extent[n];
           n++;
-          if (n >= dim)
+          if (n >= srank)
             {
               /* Break out of the loop.  */
               sptr = NULL;
@@ -115,3 +223,450 @@ __spread (const gfc_array_char * ret, const gfc_array_char * source,
         }
     }
 }
+
+/* This version of spread_internal treats the special case of a scalar
+   source.  This is much simpler than the more general case above.  */
+
+static void
+spread_internal_scalar (gfc_array_char *ret, const char *source,
+                       const index_type *along, const index_type *pncopies)
+{
+  int n;
+  int ncopies = *pncopies;
+  char * dest;
+  size_t size;
+
+  size = GFC_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE(ret);
+
+  if (GFC_DESCRIPTOR_RANK (ret) != 1)
+    runtime_error ("incorrect destination rank in spread()");
+
+  if (*along > 1)
+    runtime_error ("dim outside of rank in spread()");
+
+  if (ret->base_addr == NULL)
+    {
+      ret->base_addr = xmallocarray (ncopies, size);
+      ret->offset = 0;
+      GFC_DIMENSION_SET(ret->dim[0], 0, ncopies - 1, 1);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (ncopies - 1 > (GFC_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENT(ret,0)  - 1)
+                          / GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE(ret,0))
+       runtime_error ("dim too large in spread()");
+    }
+
+  for (n = 0; n < ncopies; n++)
+    {
+      dest = (char*)(ret->base_addr + n * GFC_DESCRIPTOR_STRIDE_BYTES(ret,0));
+      memcpy (dest , source, size);
+    }
+}
+
+extern void spread (gfc_array_char *, const gfc_array_char *,
+                   const index_type *, const index_type *);
+export_proto(spread);
+
+void
+spread (gfc_array_char *ret, const gfc_array_char *source,
+       const index_type *along, const index_type *pncopies)
+{
+  index_type type_size;
+
+  type_size = GFC_DTYPE_TYPE_SIZE(ret);
+  switch(type_size)
+    {
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_1:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_1:
+      spread_i1 ((gfc_array_i1 *) ret, (gfc_array_i1 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_2:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_2:
+      spread_i2 ((gfc_array_i2 *) ret, (gfc_array_i2 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_4:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_4:
+      spread_i4 ((gfc_array_i4 *) ret, (gfc_array_i4 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_8:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_8:
+      spread_i8 ((gfc_array_i8 *) ret, (gfc_array_i8 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GFC_INTEGER_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_16:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_16:
+      spread_i16 ((gfc_array_i16 *) ret, (gfc_array_i16 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+#endif
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_4:
+      spread_r4 ((gfc_array_r4 *) ret, (gfc_array_r4 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_8:
+      spread_r8 ((gfc_array_r8 *) ret, (gfc_array_r8 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+/* FIXME: This here is a hack, which will have to be removed when
+   the array descriptor is reworked.  Currently, we don't store the
+   kind value for the type, but only the size.  Because on targets with
+   _Float128, we have sizeof(long double) == sizeof(_Float128),
+   we cannot discriminate here and have to fall back to the generic
+   handling (which is suboptimal).  */
+#if !defined(GFC_REAL_16_IS_FLOAT128)
+# ifdef GFC_HAVE_REAL_10
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_10:
+      spread_r10 ((gfc_array_r10 *) ret, (gfc_array_r10 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+
+# ifdef GFC_HAVE_REAL_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_16:
+      spread_r16 ((gfc_array_r16 *) ret, (gfc_array_r16 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+#endif
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_4:
+      spread_c4 ((gfc_array_c4 *) ret, (gfc_array_c4 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_8:
+      spread_c8 ((gfc_array_c8 *) ret, (gfc_array_c8 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+/* FIXME: This here is a hack, which will have to be removed when
+   the array descriptor is reworked.  Currently, we don't store the
+   kind value for the type, but only the size.  Because on targets with
+   _Float128, we have sizeof(long double) == sizeof(_Float128),
+   we cannot discriminate here and have to fall back to the generic
+   handling (which is suboptimal).  */
+#if !defined(GFC_REAL_16_IS_FLOAT128)
+# ifdef GFC_HAVE_COMPLEX_10
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_10:
+      spread_c10 ((gfc_array_c10 *) ret, (gfc_array_c10 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+
+# ifdef GFC_HAVE_COMPLEX_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_16:
+      spread_c16 ((gfc_array_c16 *) ret, (gfc_array_c16 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+#endif
+
+    }
+  
+  switch (GFC_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE (ret))
+    {
+    case 1:
+      spread_i1 ((gfc_array_i1 *) ret, (gfc_array_i1 *) source,
+                *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case 2:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_2(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_2(source->base_addr))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_i2 ((gfc_array_i2 *) ret, (gfc_array_i2 *) source,
+                    *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+
+    case 4:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_4(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_4(source->base_addr))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_i4 ((gfc_array_i4 *) ret, (gfc_array_i4 *) source,
+                    *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+
+    case 8:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_8(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_8(source->base_addr))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_i8 ((gfc_array_i8 *) ret, (gfc_array_i8 *) source,
+                    *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+#ifdef HAVE_GFC_INTEGER_16
+    case 16:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_16(ret->base_addr)
+         || GFC_UNALIGNED_16(source->base_addr))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_i16 ((gfc_array_i16 *) ret, (gfc_array_i16 *) source,
+                     *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+           }
+#endif
+
+    }
+
+  spread_internal (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+}
+
+
+extern void spread_char (gfc_array_char *, GFC_INTEGER_4,
+                        const gfc_array_char *, const index_type *,
+                        const index_type *, GFC_INTEGER_4);
+export_proto(spread_char);
+
+void
+spread_char (gfc_array_char *ret,
+            GFC_INTEGER_4 ret_length __attribute__((unused)),
+            const gfc_array_char *source, const index_type *along,
+            const index_type *pncopies,
+            GFC_INTEGER_4 source_length __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  spread_internal (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+}
+
+
+extern void spread_char4 (gfc_array_char *, GFC_INTEGER_4,
+                         const gfc_array_char *, const index_type *,
+                         const index_type *, GFC_INTEGER_4);
+export_proto(spread_char4);
+
+void
+spread_char4 (gfc_array_char *ret,
+             GFC_INTEGER_4 ret_length __attribute__((unused)),
+             const gfc_array_char *source, const index_type *along,
+             const index_type *pncopies,
+             GFC_INTEGER_4 source_length __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  spread_internal (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+}
+
+
+/* The following are the prototypes for the versions of spread with a
+   scalar source.  */
+
+extern void spread_scalar (gfc_array_char *, const char *,
+                          const index_type *, const index_type *);
+export_proto(spread_scalar);
+
+void
+spread_scalar (gfc_array_char *ret, const char *source,
+              const index_type *along, const index_type *pncopies)
+{
+  index_type type_size;
+
+  if (GFC_DTYPE_IS_UNSET(ret))
+    runtime_error ("return array missing descriptor in spread()");
+
+  type_size = GFC_DTYPE_TYPE_SIZE(ret);
+  switch(type_size)
+    {
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_1:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_1:
+      spread_scalar_i1 ((gfc_array_i1 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_1 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_2:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_2:
+      spread_scalar_i2 ((gfc_array_i2 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_2 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_4:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_4:
+      spread_scalar_i4 ((gfc_array_i4 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_4 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_8:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_8:
+      spread_scalar_i8 ((gfc_array_i8 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_8 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GFC_INTEGER_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_LOGICAL_16:
+    case GFC_DTYPE_INTEGER_16:
+      spread_scalar_i16 ((gfc_array_i16 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_16 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+#endif
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_4:
+      spread_scalar_r4 ((gfc_array_r4 *) ret, (GFC_REAL_4 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_8:
+      spread_scalar_r8 ((gfc_array_r8 *) ret, (GFC_REAL_8 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+/* FIXME: This here is a hack, which will have to be removed when
+   the array descriptor is reworked.  Currently, we don't store the
+   kind value for the type, but only the size.  Because on targets with
+   _Float128, we have sizeof(long double) == sizeof(_Float128),
+   we cannot discriminate here and have to fall back to the generic
+   handling (which is suboptimal).  */
+#if !defined(GFC_REAL_16_IS_FLOAT128)
+# ifdef HAVE_GFC_REAL_10
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_10:
+      spread_scalar_r10 ((gfc_array_r10 *) ret, (GFC_REAL_10 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+
+# ifdef HAVE_GFC_REAL_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_REAL_16:
+      spread_scalar_r16 ((gfc_array_r16 *) ret, (GFC_REAL_16 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+#endif
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_4:
+      spread_scalar_c4 ((gfc_array_c4 *) ret, (GFC_COMPLEX_4 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_8:
+      spread_scalar_c8 ((gfc_array_c8 *) ret, (GFC_COMPLEX_8 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+/* FIXME: This here is a hack, which will have to be removed when
+   the array descriptor is reworked.  Currently, we don't store the
+   kind value for the type, but only the size.  Because on targets with
+   _Float128, we have sizeof(long double) == sizeof(_Float128),
+   we cannot discriminate here and have to fall back to the generic
+   handling (which is suboptimal).  */
+#if !defined(GFC_REAL_16_IS_FLOAT128)
+# ifdef HAVE_GFC_COMPLEX_10
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_10:
+      spread_scalar_c10 ((gfc_array_c10 *) ret, (GFC_COMPLEX_10 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+
+# ifdef HAVE_GFC_COMPLEX_16
+    case GFC_DTYPE_COMPLEX_16:
+      spread_scalar_c16 ((gfc_array_c16 *) ret, (GFC_COMPLEX_16 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+# endif
+#endif
+
+    }
+
+  switch (GFC_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE(ret))
+    {
+    case 1:
+      spread_scalar_i1 ((gfc_array_i1 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_1 *) source,
+                       *along, *pncopies);
+      return;
+
+    case 2:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_2(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_2(source))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_scalar_i2 ((gfc_array_i2 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_2 *) source,
+                           *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+
+    case 4:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_4(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_4(source))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_scalar_i4 ((gfc_array_i4 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_4 *) source,
+                           *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+
+    case 8:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_8(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_8(source))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_scalar_i8 ((gfc_array_i8 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_8 *) source,
+                           *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+#ifdef HAVE_GFC_INTEGER_16
+    case 16:
+      if (GFC_UNALIGNED_16(ret->base_addr) || GFC_UNALIGNED_16(source))
+       break;
+      else
+       {
+         spread_scalar_i16 ((gfc_array_i16 *) ret, (GFC_INTEGER_16 *) source,
+                            *along, *pncopies);
+         return;
+       }
+#endif
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+
+  spread_internal_scalar (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+}
+
+
+extern void spread_char_scalar (gfc_array_char *, GFC_INTEGER_4,
+                               const char *, const index_type *,
+                               const index_type *, GFC_INTEGER_4);
+export_proto(spread_char_scalar);
+
+void
+spread_char_scalar (gfc_array_char *ret,
+                   GFC_INTEGER_4 ret_length __attribute__((unused)),
+                   const char *source, const index_type *along,
+                   const index_type *pncopies,
+                   GFC_INTEGER_4 source_length __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  if (GFC_DTYPE_IS_UNSET(ret))
+    runtime_error ("return array missing descriptor in spread()");
+  spread_internal_scalar (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+}
+
+
+extern void spread_char4_scalar (gfc_array_char *, GFC_INTEGER_4,
+                                const char *, const index_type *,
+                                const index_type *, GFC_INTEGER_4);
+export_proto(spread_char4_scalar);
+
+void
+spread_char4_scalar (gfc_array_char *ret,
+                    GFC_INTEGER_4 ret_length __attribute__((unused)),
+                    const char *source, const index_type *along,
+                    const index_type *pncopies,
+                    GFC_INTEGER_4 source_length __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  if (GFC_DTYPE_IS_UNSET(ret))
+    runtime_error ("return array missing descriptor in spread()");
+  spread_internal_scalar (ret, source, along, pncopies);
+
+}
+