https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66377
--- Comment #8 from Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl.washington.edu> --- On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 06:43:40AM +0000, fxcoudert at gmail dot com wrote: > > Is this code old, or a regression introduced by the recent > module-equivalence patch (to reduce the module sizes)? It is old code that was introduced by r113465. This is nearly 9 years ago (2006-05-02). The problem is present in 4.7.x and up. I don't have older versions for testing. > Does removing the code regress module size in the case > of modules with equiv used in modules used in modules etc? I do not know. I do not have a testcase handy unless there is one in gfortran.dg.