Backslash Compiler option to overWRITE on console

I am aware of this post.

But I currently use the gfortran -fbackslash compiler option to implement it (a progress indicator) as follows:

    WRITE(6,'(4(a))',ADVANCE="NO") "\b","\b","\b","\b"
    WRITE(6,'(I3,"%")',ADVANCE='NO') INT( (k*100)/REAL(n) )

I need my code to be compatible with gfortran as most of my collaborators use only that. Do you think ifort will add this (or equivalent) compiler option anytime? If not, can I make a request for this feature?

Thanks