With the attached test case I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] type_ambiguity]$ gfortran -v -c type_ambiguity.f90 Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.3.1/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc43 --with-mpfr=/usr/local/mpfr --with-gmp=/usr/local/gmp Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.1 (GCC) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' /usr/local/gcc43/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.1/f951 type_ambiguity.f90 -quiet -dumpbase type_ambiguity.f90 -mtune=generic -auxbase type_ambiguity -version -fintrinsic-modules-path /usr/local/gcc43/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.1/finclude -o /tmp/cc6I26kb.s GNU F95 (GCC) version 4.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.3.1, GMP version 4.2.2, MPFR version 2.3.0. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 type_ambiguity.f90:283.14:
type(vector) :: new_pos ! the new vertex position, after smoothing 1 Error: Type name 'vector' at (1) is ambiguous I cannot see any ambiguity in the source code. The code compiles cleanly on 4.2.4, fails on 4.4-20080822, compiles cleanly on Intel 10.1.015 and on XLF 10.1. The code has been extracted from an application, and has been heavily pruned. The Intel compiler gives a warning about an intent(out) variable not being set, but this is an artifact of pruning the test case. The most puzzling things are the two workarounds that I have found so far: 1. In the subroutine smooth_mesh, comment the USE statement at line 279. This is not an option in the original application code, though. 2. In the subroutine smooth_mesh, switch the order of the USE statements at lines 277/278; this also fixes the original application code. I cannot see anything illegal in the code, so I presume it is a reject-valid; however even if the code is shown to be illegal, the reported error does precious little to help the user. Salvatore -- Summary: error: type name is ambiguous. Product: gcc Version: 4.3.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: sfilippone at uniroma2 dot it GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37274