------- Comment #1 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-10-06 15:31 ------- Actually, if one tries to use the function, one also gets with gfortran an error message:
c = assumed_len(5) 1 Error: Function 'assumed_len' is declared CHARACTER(*) and cannot be used at (1) since it is not a dummy argument -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41604