In this is both a fortran and a libfortran problem. Take the following code and try to run it and you will get an internal error: module mymod contains function mystring () character(len=4) :: mystring write (unit=mystring,fmt='(A)') 'aaaa' end function mystring end module mymod
program main use mymod write (unit=*,fmt='(A)') mystring() end program main -- Summary: Recursive IO functions are not allowed Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: wrong-code Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19352