The ASSOCIATED functions returns false for the 4th test below. It should return true. there have been a ton of interps and rewording of the associated function. It's probably clearer to read case (v) in the F2003 standard.
program try_mg0028 ! fails on Windows XP ! gcc version 4.4.0 20080312 (experimental) [trunk revision 133139] real tda2r(2,3) call mg0028(tda2r, 1, 2, 3) end SUBROUTINE MG0028(TDA2R,nf1,nf2,nf3) real, pointer :: TLA2L(:,:),TLA2L1(:,:) real, target :: TDA2R(NF2,NF3) logical LL(4) TLA2L => TDA2R(NF2:NF1:-NF2,NF3:NF1:-NF2) TLA2L1 => TLA2L LL(1) = ASSOCIATED(TLA2L) LL(2) = ASSOCIATED(TLA2L,TLA2L1) LL(3) = ASSOCIATED(TLA2L,TDA2R) LL(4) = ASSOCIATED(TLA2L1,TDA2R(2:2,3:1:-2)) !should be true if (any(LL .neqv. (/ .true., .true., .false., .true./))) then print *, LL print *, shape(TLA2L1) print *, shape(TDA2R(2:2,3:1:-2)) endif END SUBROUTINE C:\g_experiments\gfortran>gfortran m g0028.f C:\g_experiments\gfortran>a T T F F 1 2 1 2 -- Summary: ASSOCIATED returns false when strides confusing Product: gcc Version: 4.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dick dot hendrickson at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35721