http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59398
--- Comment #7 from Harald Anlauf <anlauf at gmx dot de> --- (In reply to Dominique d'Humieres from comment #6) > (In reply to Harald Anlauf from comment #1) > > Thus the assignment from the allocatable function result is broken. > > Is it true? I looked at the discussion in the Intel Forum (c.f. comment #5) and I have to admit that I am unsure. Steve Lionel quotes the first two phrases of 12.3.3 Characteristics of function results The characteristics of a function result are its type, type parameters (if any), rank, whether it is polymorphic, whether it is allocatable, whether it is a pointer, whether it has the CONTIGUOUS attribute, and whether it is a procedure pointer. If a function result is an array that is not an allocatable or pointer, its shape is a characteristic. (I checked this with the F2k8 draft). Steve argues that it does not say whether its actual bounds are a characteristic. If you assume that only the shape matters, then the gfortran behavior is not a bug. I think it is up to the experts to discuss this and maybe submit an interpretation request.
