[Bug fortran/28771] New: gfortran accepts invalid variable definition

[martin at mpa-garching dot mpg dot de]

As far as I know, the following code snippet is not valid Fortran:

program test
  character(len=*) :: foo = 'test'
end

To make the code correct, the variable definition either needs the "parameter"
attribute or an explicit length.
Other compilers (Intel, Fujitsu and NAG) reject this code, but all current
versions of gfortran accept it without warning.


-- 
           Summary: gfortran accepts invalid variable definition
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.2.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: fortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: martin at mpa-garching dot mpg dot de
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28771