http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55763
--- Comment #6 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-12-21 22:59:27 UTC --- To the last test case of comment 0: > gives an ICE (segfault) at > vector_comp => field > > 0x62d477 gfc_trans_pointer_assignment(gfc_expr*, gfc_expr*) > ../../gcc/fortran/trans-expr.c:6523 The problem is that the LHS is: expr1->symtree->n.sym->attr.subref_array_pointer The ICE occurs for: gfc_add_modify (&lse.post, GFC_DECL_SPAN(decl), tmp); The problem is that DECL_LANG_SPECIFIC(decl) is NULL; hence, DECL_LANG_SPECIFIC(decl)->span causes the ICE. In principle, gfc_get_symbol_decl takes care of that. However, as the symbol is a dummy argument, the backend_decl is already set and gfc_get_symbol_decl returns early.