https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105543
anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2022-05-10 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from anlauf at gcc dot gnu.org --- Confirmed. The code is accepted if you *don't* use the result clause, as in: function create() class(a), dimension(:), contiguous, pointer :: create end function create There are a couple PRs about declarations involving CLASS where attributes are specified separately. There could be a relation.