Fortran code: program test implicit none character*2 a(1) character*24 trop integer i,j i=1 j=2
trop='b'//a(1)(i:j) ! fine trop='b'//a(1)(1:2) ! warning trop=a(1)(1:2)//'b' ! warning trop=a(1)(1:2) ! fine end Compiled with: gfortran -Wconversion test.f produces no warnings, but with 8-byte integers: gfortran -Wconversion -fdefault-integer-8 test.f test.f:10.23: trop='b'//a(1)(1:2) ! warning 1 Warning: Conversion from INTEGER(4) to INTEGER(8) at (1) test.f:11.18: trop=a(1)(1:2)//'b' ! warning 1 Warning: Conversion from INTEGER(4) to INTEGER(8) at (1) Using gfortran build that ships with openSuSE 11.1: Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-suse-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-checking=release --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --enable-ssp --disable-libssp --with-bugurl=http://bugs.opensuse.org/ --with-pkgversion='SUSE Linux' --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-linux-futex --without-system-libunwind --with-cpu=generic --build=x86_64-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.2 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291] (SUSE Linux) -- Summary: integer constants not promoted with -fdefault-integer-8 Product: gcc Version: 4.3.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ajmay81 at googlemail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40142