http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50221
Bug #: 50221 Summary: Allocatable string length fails with array assignment Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: clivegp...@gmail.com The program below: program testalloc implicit none character(:), allocatable, dimension(:) :: array array = (/'xx', 'yy', 'zz'/) print *, 'array=', array, len(array(1)), size(array) end program Should print out something like: array=xxyyzz 2 3 but with gfortran (v4.6.0) I get array=zzzzzz 2 3