https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64947
--- Comment #1 from Lorenz Hüdepohl <bugs at stellardeath dot org> --- Also present in 4.8.3: #> gfortran --version GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.8.3 20141208 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 218481] Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU Fortran comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of GNU Fortran under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING #> gfortran -ffree-form -c testcase.f90 testcase.f90: In function ‘node_from_strings’: testcase.f90:40:0: internal compiler error: in gimplify_expr, at gimplify.c:8051 node => node%get_child(c_string(strings(1))) ^ Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://bugs.opensuse.org/> for instructions.