https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70914
--- Comment #2 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org ---
Hmm, this appears to be fixed on trunk or at
least within my version of gfortran. gcc version
7.0.0 20160629.
troutmask:sgk[235] cat a.f90
character(:), allocatable :: z
z = 'z'
z = z
print *, z
end
troutmask:sgk[236] time gfc7 -o z a.f90 && ./z
0.04 real 0.02 user 0.02 sys
z
