https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63529
kargl at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #13 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- I intend to close this PR after updating the information about Cray pointers and an assumed-sized array. The Fortran clearly states 8.5.8.5 Assumed-size array An assumed-size array is a dummy argument array whose size is assumed from that of its effective argument, ... An assumed-sized simply cannot appear in the specification portion of a module. The text in gfortran.info will be The pointer is an integer that is intended to hold a memory address. The pointee may be an array or scalar. If an assumed-size array is permitted within the scoping unit, a pointee can be an assumed-size array. That is, the last dimension may be left unspecified by using a * in place of a value. A pointee cannot be an assumed shape array. No space is allocated for the pointee. Index: gfortran.texi =================================================================== --- gfortran.texi (revision 258468) +++ gfortran.texi (working copy) @@ -1906,10 +1906,13 @@ or, pointer ( <pointer1> , <pointee1> ), ( <pointer2> , <pointee2> ), ... @end smallexample The pointer is an integer that is intended to hold a memory address. -The pointee may be an array or scalar. A pointee can be an assumed -size array---that is, the last dimension may be left unspecified by -using a @code{*} in place of a value---but a pointee cannot be an -assumed shape array. No space is allocated for the pointee. +The pointee may be an array or scalar. +If an assumed-size array is permitted within the scoping unit, a +pointee can be an assumed-size array. +That is, the last dimension may be left unspecified by using a @code{*} +in place of a value. +A pointee cannot be an assumed shape array. +No space is allocated for the pointee. The pointee may have its type declared before or after the pointer statement, and its array specification (if any) may be declared