Based on http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.fortran/browse_thread/thread/377859ecc89ea65c
For the following program, gfortran just prints: <During initialization> Error: Incompatible types in DATA statement at (1); attempted conversion of INTEGER(16) to CHARACTER(1) Expected: gfortran shows the line number. character*2 escape /'1B'x/ end -- Summary: Diagnostic just shows "<During initialization>" instead of a locus Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: diagnostic Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44491