gfortran has started erroring on some "present" statements (Absoft and others have no problem with this program and older version of gfortran were also happy with it) -
[dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% f90 -c present01.f90 [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% gfortran -c present01.f90 In file present01.f90:3 if (present(data_c1)) then 1 Error: The upper bound in the last dimension must appear in the reference to the assumed size array 'data_c1' at (1). [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% cat present01.f90 subroutine my_sio_file_write_common(data_c1) character, intent(in), optional :: data_c1(*) if (present(data_c1)) then endif end subroutine my_sio_file_write_common [dranta:~/tests/gfortran-D] dir% gfortran --v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0 Configured with: ../gcc/configure --prefix=/Users/dir/gfortran --enable-languages=c,f95 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.0 20060113 (experimental) -- Summary: gfortran - incorrectly issues an error on tests for optional arguments Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dir at lanl dot gov http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25785