https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68846
--- Comment #6 from mirco <mirco.valentini at polimi dot it> --- Hi all, I spent some time today working on this bug. I found a small modification that allows to build without errors and that seems to work (I did a very preliminary test). At the moment I'm working with "gfortran 7.0.1 20170219" The modification is just: ! =========================================================================== file: resolve.c line: 10690 at the end of the function "resolve_ptr_fcn_assign" add the foolowing lines: !---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (*code)->expr1->symtree->n.sym->attr.dummy = 0; (*code)->expr1->symtree->n.sym->attr.intent = INTENT_UNKNOWN; ============================================================================= The reason is that the temporary pointer used to store the result of the pointer function should never inherit the "dummy" attribute. Is there any drawback with this modification? I don't know very well the code of gfortran and for this reason I don't know the possible implications of this modification. Regards, Mirco