http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46339
--- Comment #15 from Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-11-16 06:42:08 UTC --- With a slight modification to the patch in Comment #10, gfortran now gives: @@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ tree gfc_get_symbol_decl (gfc_symbol * sym) { - tree decl; + tree decl = NULL; tree length = NULL_TREE; tree attributes; int byref; $ ./a.out ******************* myA = 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d ------------------- Inside test_sub: sorb%i%j = 1 2 3 4 ipn%i%j = 1 2 3 4 ipn = 1 2 3 4 Inside main: ptr = 1 97 2 98 myA%i%j = 1 2 3 4 Inside test_sub2: sorb%i%j = 1 2 3 4 local_ptr = 1 2 3 4 This is much closer. Just need to get the returned pointer right. Test case is: module test implicit none type b integer :: j character :: c end type b type a type(b), dimension(4) :: i end type a contains subroutine test_sub(sorb,ipn) type(a), intent(in), target :: sorb integer, dimension(:), pointer :: ipn ipn=>sorb%i%j print *, "Inside test_sub:" print *, " sorb%i%j =", sorb%i%j print *, " ipn%i%j =", ipn(:) print *, " ipn =", ipn end subroutine test_sub subroutine test_sub2(sorb) type(a), intent(in), target :: sorb integer, dimension(:), pointer :: local_ptr local_ptr=>sorb%i%j print *, "Inside test_sub2:" print *, " sorb%i%j =", sorb%i%j print *, " local_ptr =", local_ptr if (any(local_ptr /= (/ 1,2,3,4 /))) call abort() end subroutine test_sub2 end module test program main use test implicit none type(a), target :: myA integer, dimension(:), pointer :: ptr myA%i(1:4)%j = (/ 1, 2, 3, 4 /) myA%i(1:4)%c = (/ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' /) print *, "*******************" print *, "myA =", myA print *, "-------------------" call test_sub(myA,ptr) print *, "Inside main:" print *, " ptr =", ptr print *, " myA%i%j =", myA%i%j !if (any(ptr /= (/ 1,2,3,4 /))) call abort() call test_sub2(myA) end program main