http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48025
Summary: Unnecessary function evaluations in arguments to size and ubound Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: missed-optimization Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Size> cat size.f90 subroutine foo(a,b,n,m,k, i) implicit none integer, intent(in) :: n real, dimension(n,n) :: a,b integer, intent(out) :: m,k,i m = size(matmul(a,b)) k = size(sum(a,1)) i = size(maxloc(a,1)) m = ubound(matmul(a,b),1) k = ubound(sum(a,1),1) i = ubound(maxloc(a,1),1) end ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Size> gfortran -S -O -fdump-tree-optimized size.f90 ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Size> grep _gfortran size.s call _gfortran_matmul_r4 call _gfortran_size0 call _gfortran_sum_r4 call _gfortran_maxloc1_4_r4 call _gfortran_matmul_r4 call _gfortran_sum_r4 call _gfortran_maxloc1_4_r4 None of the function calls is needed to calculate the size; this could be done during simplification or optimization.