The attached test case does not initialize to NULL() the inner pointers after an ALLOCATE statement. Note that the problem only surfaces if the heap is sufficiently dirty.
------------- output ----------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMP]$ gfortran -v Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.1-20050515/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gfortran Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20050515 (experimental) [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMP]$ gfortran -o tst1 tst1.f90 [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMP]$ ./tst1 This should not happen [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMP]$ -- Summary: Nested derived type pointer component not initialized on ALLOCATE Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: sfilippone at uniroma2 dot it CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21625