https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87968
Bug ID: 87968 Summary: [7/8/9 Regression] Warning about uninizialized variables in array constructor Product: gcc Version: 9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: tkoenig at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- $ cat a.f90 program main integer, parameter :: dp = selected_real_kind(15) real(kind=dp) :: v1(3), v2(4) real(kind=dp), allocatable :: vv(:) v1 = [1._dp, 2._dp, 3._dp] v2 = [7._dp, 8._dp, 9._dp, 5._dp] vv = [v1, v2] print *,vv end program main $ gfortran -O -Wall a.f90 a.f90:7:0: 7 | vv = [v1, v2] | Warning: 'vv.offset' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].lbound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].ubound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] $ /usr/bin/gfortran-8 -O -Wall a.f90 a.f90:7:0: vv = [v1, v2] Warning: 'vv.offset' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].lbound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].ubound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] $ /usr/bin/gfortran-7 -O -Wall a.f90 a.f90:7:0: vv = [v1, v2] Warning: 'vv.offset' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].lbound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] a.f90:7:0: Warning: 'vv.dim[0].ubound' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] $ /usr/bin/gfortran-6 -O -Wall a.f90 $ The warning is spurious, but there may be something wrong with the generated code - let's see.