http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47878
--- Comment #9 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-02-24 14:18:06 UTC --- And Integer, Pointer :: Image (:, :) Breakpoint 1, read_radix (dtp=0x7fffffffd7e0, f=0x107bba0, dest=0x6377c0 "�, length=4, radix=16) at /space/rguenther/src/svn/trunk/libgfortran/io/read.c:775 775 generate_error (&dtp->common, LIBERROR_READ_VALUE, (gdb) p c $1 = 92 '\\' (gdb) p p - 64 $9 = 0x107ba61 "592A0AEBAC6BEC1C4C5C6C6C7C6C8C7C8C5C6C8C8C9C6C7C8C9C9C9CBCECBCC\\\221.\021�177�023\021TM\026���\030GT\002\033\v�\035\036\221\062\037\002�!\017\a\004#��$�&):��5)��\205*a\016" looks like the read buffer is garbled.