https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72709
--- Comment #4 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org --- Extension / variation of the test case: program read_exp_data implicit none type experimental_data_t character(len=:), dimension(:), allocatable :: header end type type(experimental_data_t) :: ex integer, parameter :: nh = 3 integer :: i allocate(character(len=2) :: ex%header(nh)) ex%header(3) = "C" ex%header(2) = "B" ex%header(1) = "A" do i = 1, nh write(*,*) "header(",i,") = ", ex%header(i), " loc: ", loc(ex%header(i)) enddo end program This prints: header( 1 ) = A loc: 16642032 header( 2 ) = A loc: 16642032 header( 3 ) = A loc: 16642032 which shows that the problem is apparently not only in the writing into the array, but also in the output. All elements appear to have the same address!