https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78122
Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assignee|marxin at gcc dot gnu.org |unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #2 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Not being a fortran expert, however ifort rejects the source code: /tmp/pi.f90(5): error #6592: This symbol must be a defined parameter, an enumerator, or an argument of an inquiry function that evaluates to a compile-time constant. [A] real, pointer :: p => a --------------------------^ /tmp/pi.f90(5): error #6973: This is not a valid initialization expression. [A] real, pointer :: p => a --------------------------^ Problem is that symtab_node::get is called for a local symbol.