https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78278
--- Comment #1 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Whereas, for example with "real" : $ cat z2.f90 program p real, pointer :: x => null() data x /null()/ print *, associated(x) end $ gfortran-7-20161106 -Wall -fcheck=all z2.f90 $ a.out F