https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101871
--- Comment #4 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- With this testcase, program tao_program implicit none integer i character(80) abc(9) character(1) n n = 'H' abc = [character(80) :: & & 'a'//n, 'ab', 'abc', 'd', 'def', 'g', 'ghi', 'z', 'zyxwvut'] call io([character(80) :: & & 'a'//n, 'ab', 'abc', 'd', 'def', 'g', 'ghi', 'z', 'zyxwvut']) contains subroutine io (lines) character(*) lines(:) integer i do i = 1, size(lines) write(*,'(I0,A)') i, ' ' // trim(abc(i)) // ' ' // trim(lines(i)) end do end subroutine io end program I find that the actual argument is correctly parsed. (gdb) p *tail->expr $12 = {expr_type = EXPR_ARRAY, ts = {type = BT_CHARACTER, kind = 1, u = { derived = 0x803422870, cl = 0x803422870, pad = 54667376}, interface = 0x0, is_c_interop = 0, is_iso_c = 0, f90_type = BT_UNKNOWN, deferred = false, interop_kind = 0x7fffffffd950}, rank = 1, shape = 0x0, symtree = 0x0, ref = 0x0, where = { nextc = 0x803431c2c, lb = 0x803431be0}, base_expr = 0x0, is_snan = 0, error = 0, user_operator = 0, mold = 0, must_finalize = 0, no_bounds_check = 0, external_blas = 0, do_not_resolve_again = 0, do_not_warn = 0, from_constructor = 0, representation = { length = 0, string = 0x0}, boz = {len = 0, rdx = 0, str = 0x0}, value = { logical = 54623680, iokind = 54623680, integer = {{_mp_alloc = 54623680, _mp_size = 8, _mp_d = 0x0}}, real = {{_mpfr_prec = 34414362048, _mpfr_sign = 0, _mpfr_exp = 0, _mpfr_d = 0x0}}, complex = {{re = {{_mpfr_prec = 34414362048, _mpfr_sign = 0, _mpfr_exp = 0, _mpfr_d = 0x0}}, im = {{_mpfr_prec = 0, _mpfr_sign = 0, _mpfr_exp = 0, _mpfr_d = 0x0}}}}, op = {op = 54623680, uop = 0x0, op1 = 0x0, op2 = 0x0}, function = {actual = 0x803417dc0, name = 0x0, isym = 0x0, esym = 0x0}, compcall = {actual = 0x803417dc0, name = 0x0, base_object = 0x0, tbp = 0x0, ignore_pass = 0, assign = 0}, character = {length = 34414362048, string = 0x0}, constructor = 0x803417dc0}, param_list = 0x0} (gdb) call debug(tail->expr) (/ (// 'a' tao_program:n) , 'ab' , 'abc' , 'd' , 'def' , 'g' , 'ghi' , 'z' , 'zyxwvut' /) (CHARACTER 80 1) (gdb) call debug(tail->expr->ts) (CHARACTER 80 1) Both the elements and the typespec are set correctly. So, when the actual argument is evaluate the first element is (// 'a' tao_program:n) which will have length of 2. This is then used for all other elements. Whoops.