http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44352
--- Comment #6 from Thomas Koenig <tkoenig at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-12-03 15:55:42 UTC --- This works: character*2 ddname,dname dname(x)= 'x ' ddname=dname(0.0) END We fail to pad the string for this case.