http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52751
--- Comment #2 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-03 15:15:31 UTC --- Another caveat (as in PR40973): If the variable has a C-binding (other than 'bind(C,name="")'), it is accessible from other translation units. (Actually, NAG exactly handles it like that: With name='' it is "static" with another C binding, it is not.) Draft patch: --- a/gcc/fortran/trans-decl.c +++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-decl.c @@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ gfc_finish_var_decl (tree decl, gfc_symbol * sym) /* TODO: Don't set sym->module for result or dummy variables. */ gcc_assert (current_function_decl == NULL_TREE || sym->result == sym); /* This is the declaration of a module variable. */ - TREE_PUBLIC (decl) = 1; + if (sym->attr.access != ACCESS_PRIVATE || sym->binding_label) + TREE_PUBLIC (decl) = 1; TREE_STATIC (decl) = 1; }