http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46588
kargl at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2010.11.21 19:18:49 CC| |kargl at gcc dot gnu.org Ever Confirmed|0 |1 Severity|enhancement |normal --- Comment #2 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org 2010-11-21 19:18:49 UTC --- Reduced testcase. function aufun(pm) character(len = *) pm character(len = *) aufun character(len = len(aufun)) temp ! This is the problem. aufun = 'hi' end I haven't checked if this is legal Fortran, but in any event the compiler should not ICE.