https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96294
Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INVALID Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #1 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> --- read F2008: A pointer function assignment is ambiguous if it is the first executable statement after the specification block. Please add any other kind of executable statement before it. FIXME program a IMPLICIT NONE print *, "begin" myfunc() = 311 print*,myfunc() contains FUNCTION myfunc() RESULT (result_ptr) IMPLICIT NONE INTEGER, POINTER :: result_ptr INTEGER, SAVE, TARGET:: targ result_ptr => targ END FUNCTION myfunc end program a gives begin 311