https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47425
--- Comment #4 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Some simplifications : $ cat z1.f90 program p character(3) :: x integer :: n = 3 print *, [character(len(x(1:n))) :: 'a'] end $ gfortran-7-20160703 z1.f90 z1.f90:4:0: print *, [character(len(x(1:n))) :: 'a'] Error: size of variable 'A.1' is too large --- $ cat z2.f90 program p character(3) :: x print *, [character(len(x(1:3))) :: 'a', 'b'] end $ gfortran-7-20160703 z2.f90 z2.f90:4:0: end internal compiler error: in output_constructor_regular_field, at varasm.c:4979 0xef0ac5 output_constructor_regular_field ../../gcc/varasm.c:4979 0xef0ac5 output_constructor ../../gcc/varasm.c:5287 0xef0e64 output_constant ../../gcc/varasm.c:4664 0xef0e64 assemble_variable_contents ../../gcc/varasm.c:2073 0xef8619 assemble_variable(tree_node*, int, int, int) ../../gcc/varasm.c:2249 0xefde08 varpool_node::assemble_decl() ../../gcc/varpool.c:589 0x8363c3 output_in_order ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:2232 0x83674d symbol_table::compile() ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:2469 0x8391a2 symbol_table::compile() ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:2539 0x8391a2 symbol_table::finalize_compilation_unit() ../../gcc/cgraphunit.c:2565 --- $ cat z3.f90 program p character(3) :: x print *, [character(len(x(:))) :: 'a', 'b'] end $ gfortran-7-20160703 z3.f90 $ a.out a b --- $ cat z1_parameter.f90 program p character(3) :: x integer, parameter :: n = 3 print *, [character(len(x(1:n))) :: 'a'] end $ gfortran-7-20160703 z1_parameter.f90 $ a.out a --- $ cat z4.f90 program p character(3) :: x integer, parameter :: n = 3 print *, [character(len(x(1:n))) :: 'a', 'b'] end $ gfortran-7-20160703 z4.f90 z4.f90:5:0: end internal compiler error: in output_constructor_regular_field, at varasm.c:4979 #...