https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=107508
--- Comment #1 from CVS Commits <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The master branch has been updated by Tobias Burnus <bur...@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:071d00e0faabbd45449d2e83f207fca0f8e8ef68 commit r13-3751-g071d00e0faabbd45449d2e83f207fca0f8e8ef68 Author: Tobias Burnus <tob...@codesourcery.com> Date: Mon Nov 7 11:32:33 2022 +0100 Fortran: Fix reallocation on assignment for kind=4 strings [PR107508] The check whether reallocation on assignment was required did not handle kind=4 characters correctly such that there was always a reallocation, implying issues with pointer addresses and lower bounds. Additionally, with all deferred strings, the old memory was not freed on reallocation. And, finally, inside the block which was only executed if string lengths or bounds or dynamic types changed, was a subcheck of the same, which was effectively a no op but still confusing and at least added with -O0 extra instructions to the binary. PR fortran/107508 gcc/fortran/ChangeLog: * trans-array.cc (gfc_alloc_allocatable_for_assignment): Fix string-length check, plug memory leak, and avoid generation of effectively no-op code. * trans-expr.cc (alloc_scalar_allocatable_for_assignment): Extend comment; minor cleanup. gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gfortran.dg/widechar_11.f90: New test.