https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84922
Harald Anlauf <anlauf at gmx dot de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |anlauf at gmx dot de --- Comment #1 from Harald Anlauf <anlauf at gmx dot de> --- NAG, Intel and Sunf95 reject the code with a duplicate symbol error. After removing the 'module' before subroutine and some cleanup, NAG prints: NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai) Build 6106 Error: pr84922.f90, line 14: Duplicate subprogram name COPY_BYTE_DATA detected at SUBROUTINE@COPY_BYTE_DATA So probably gfortran just produces a misleading error message...