[Bug fortran/110290] New: Assumed-length character dummy with VALUE attribute

[anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org via Gcc-bugs]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110290

            Bug ID: 110290
           Summary: Assumed-length character dummy with VALUE attribute
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: fortran
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org
  Target Milestone: ---

The following valid code is rejected:

subroutine s (x)
  character(*), value :: x ! rejected
end

    1 | subroutine s (x)
      |               1
Error: Character dummy variable 'x' at (1) with VALUE attribute must have
constant length


Note that fixed length works:

subroutine s2 (x)
  character(4), value :: x ! OK
end

It appears that there never was such a restriction in the standard.