https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79894
--- Comment #4 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- OTOH this is really GIGO - the frontend feeds us with incompatible types (there's only one complex type per scalar type). So I am testing Index: gcc/fortran/trans.c =================================================================== --- gcc/fortran/trans.c (revision 245913) +++ gcc/fortran/trans.c (working copy) @@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ gfc_add_modify_loc (location_t loc, stmt tree t1, t2; t1 = TREE_TYPE (rhs); t2 = TREE_TYPE (lhs); - /* Make sure that the types of the rhs and the lhs are the same + /* Make sure that the types of the rhs and the lhs are compatible for scalar assignments. We should probably have something similar for aggregates, but right now removing that check just breaks everything. */ - gcc_checking_assert (t1 == t2 + gcc_checking_assert (TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (t1) == TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (t2) || AGGREGATE_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (lhs))); tmp = fold_build2_loc (loc, MODIFY_EXPR, void_type_node, lhs, instead.