Switching the C++ front end to lower loops the same was as the C front end triggered this error when bootstrapping the Fortran front end:
/path/to/gcc/fortran/interface.c:3546:12: error: '*new_arg' may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized] 3546 | new_arg[i]->next = NULL; | ~~~~~~~~~^ Work around this by adding an assertion, which seems appropriate for documentation and good coding practices anyway. 2020-08-12 Sandra Loosemore <san...@codesourcery.com> gcc/fortran/ * interface.c (gfc_compare_actual_formal): Add assertion after main processing loop to silence maybe-uninitialized error. --- gcc/fortran/interface.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/gcc/fortran/interface.c b/gcc/fortran/interface.c index 7985fc7..9fea94c 100644 --- a/gcc/fortran/interface.c +++ b/gcc/fortran/interface.c @@ -3527,6 +3527,10 @@ gfc_compare_actual_formal (gfc_actual_arglist **ap, gfc_formal_arglist *formal, } } + /* We should have handled the cases where the formal arglist is null + already. */ + gcc_assert (n > 0); + /* The argument lists are compatible. We now relink a new actual argument list with null arguments in the right places. The head of the list remains the head. */ -- 2.8.1