http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47523
Summary: Wrong length in I/O deferred allocatable scalar character Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: wrong-code Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: tkoe...@gcc.gnu.org CC: pa...@gcc.gnu.org Hi Paul, sorry to be the first one to find a bug in your really cool deferred length allocatable scalars. Test case: ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Char-alloc> cat foo.f90 program main implicit none character(:), allocatable :: a, b a = 'a' print '(A)', a a = a // 'x' print '(A,A)',a print *,len(a) end program main ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Char-alloc> gfortran foo.f90 ig25@linux-fd1f:~/Krempel/Char-alloc> ./a.out a a 2 Output should be a ax 2 The last line shows the length is correct, maybe it's just the interaction with the library. I will investigate a bit more.