https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68568
--- Comment #2 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Personal usage of "-finit-character" : ONLY for debugging/checking, NEVER for production builds. Issue is related to pr59537, where : array , dimension(n) , -finit-real This pr68568 differs in : scalar, character(n) , -finit-character Maybe a possible improvement in the long run.