https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82721
Bug ID: 82721 Summary: Error message with corrupted text, sometimes ICE Product: gcc Version: 8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: gs...@t-online.de Target Milestone: --- This snippet (clearly invalid) gives a second error message with randomly corrupted text : $ cat z1.f90 program p real :: a, b(4) character(len(c)) :: b end $ gfortran-8-20171022 -c z1.f90 z1.f90:3:25: character(len(c)) :: b 1 Error: Symbol 'b' at (1) already has basic type of REAL z1.f90:3:13: character(len(c)) :: b 1 Error: '\xa8\x8e\x1f\x8e+' at (1) is not a function