https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89555
Bug ID: 89555 Summary: Unable to resolve masking of a type with a local variable of the same name Product: gcc Version: 8.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: makubesu at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- I believe there is a bug with variable names which are masking a type. I apologize if this is a duplicate, I wasn't able to find this bug by searching. Output of gcc -v: Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc-8 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.3.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0/8.3.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0 Configured with: ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.3.0 --libdir=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.3.0/lib/gcc/8 --disable-nls --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran --program-suffix=-8 --with-gmp=/usr/local/opt/gmp --with-mpfr=/usr/local/opt/mpfr --with-mpc=/usr/local/opt/libmpc --with-isl=/usr/local/opt/isl --with-system-zlib --with-pkgversion='Homebrew GCC 8.3.0' --with-bugurl=https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues --disable-multilib --with-native-system-header-dir=/usr/include --with-sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk Thread model: posix gcc version 8.3.0 (Homebrew GCC 8.3.0) Command line which triggers the bug: gfortran -c mask.f90 Exact output: mask.f90:3:11: TYPE :: T 1 Error: Symbol 't' at (1) has no IMPLICIT type The exact code of mask.f90: MODULE mask IMPLICIT NONE TYPE :: T END TYPE INTERFACE Fun MODULE PROCEDURE G MODULE PROCEDURE H END INTERFACE CONTAINS SUBROUTINE F INTEGER :: T !WRITE(*,*) T CALL Fun(T) END SUBROUTINE SUBROUTINE G(x) INTEGER :: x END SUBROUTINE SUBROUTINE H(x) TYPE(T) :: x END SUBROUTINE END MODULE Note that if you un-comment the write statement, the code now compiles.