I was trying to reduce a test case and I hit another error in the process -
[dranta:~/tests/gfortran] dir% gfortran -fdefault-integer-8 -o adini adini.f adini.f: In function 'MAIN__': adini.f:5: internal compiler error: in gfc_conv_string_tmp, at fortran/trans-expr.c:736 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. [dranta:~/tests/gfortran] dir% cat adini.f program main character*6 hed character*6 final data final /'stop' / if (hed(1).eq.final) stop stop end -- Summary: gfortran - internal compiler error on bad program - fdefault-integer-8 Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dir at lanl dot gov CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.8.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20971