After two months on trunk, this has been backported: Fortran: Fix some problems blocking associate meta-bug [PR87477]
2023-08-27 Paul Thomas <pa...@gcc.gnu.org> gcc/fortran PR fortran/87477 * parse.cc (parse_associate): Replace the existing evaluation of the target rank with calls to gfc_resolve_ref and gfc_expression_rank. Identify untyped target function results with structure constructors by finding the appropriate derived type. * resolve.cc (resolve_symbol): Allow associate variables to be assumed shape. gcc/testsuite/ PR fortran/87477 * gfortran.dg/associate_54.f90 : Cope with extra error. PR fortran/102109 * gfortran.dg/pr102109.f90 : New test. PR fortran/102112 * gfortran.dg/pr102112.f90 : New test. PR fortran/102190 * gfortran.dg/pr102190.f90 : New test. PR fortran/102532 * gfortran.dg/pr102532.f90 : New test. PR fortran/109948 * gfortran.dg/pr109948.f90 : New test. PR fortran/99326 * gfortran.dg/pr99326.f90 : New test. Regards Paul