The following program causes my gfortran to throw an internal compiler error. The problem does not occur for N=10, so I gather that it happens due to a maximum limit on parameter array size.
[niels:~]% cat test.f MODULE TEST integer ilocal integer,parameter :: N=50 integer, parameter :: na = N/2 integer, parameter :: nb = N-NA real*8, dimension(2),parameter :: masses=(/1.0,1.0/) real*8, dimension(3*n),parameter :: $ massvector = (/ $ (masses(1),ilocal=1,Na),(masses(2),ilocal=1,Nb), $ (masses(1),ilocal=1,Na),(masses(2),ilocal=1,Nb), $ (masses(1),ilocal=1,Na),(masses(2),ilocal=1,Nb) $ /) END MODULE [niels:~]% gfortran-4.0 -c test.f -o test.o test.f:0: internal compiler error: Possible frontend bug: array constructor not expanded Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.0/README.Bugs>. [niels:~]% gfortran-4.0 -v -save-temps -c test.f -o test.o Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --enable-threads=posix --without-included-gettext --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=mt --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.0 20050301 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0-0pre6ubuntu6) /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux/4.0.0/f951 test.f -ffixed-form -quiet -dumpbase test.f -mtune=i486 -auxbase-strip test.o -version -o test.s GNU F95 version 4.0.0 20050301 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0-0pre6ubuntu6) (i486-linux) compiled by GNU C version 4.0.0 20050301 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0-0pre6ubuntu6). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=64 --param ggc-min-heapsize=64545 test.f:0: internal compiler error: Possible frontend bug: array constructor not expanded Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.0/README.Bugs>. -- Summary: Internal compiler error, possibly due to large parameter array Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: gnalle at ruc dot dk CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21394