https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70853
--- Comment #1 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Messages interchanged (v5/v6) with a user defined type : $ cat z3.f90 program p type t end type type(t), pointer :: z(:) z(1:2) => null() end $ gfortran-6 -c z3.f90 internal compiler error: Segmentation fault $ gfortran-5.3.1 -c z3.f90 internal compiler error: in gfc_add_block_to_block, at fortran/trans.c:1630 Another error message with "class" instead of "type" : $ cat z4.f90 program p type t end type class(t), pointer :: z(:) z(1:2) => null() end $ gfortran-6 -c z4.f90 internal compiler error: in gfc_conv_descriptor_data_get, at fortran/trans-array.c:144 $ gfortran-5.3.1 -c z4.f90 internal compiler error: Segmentation fault