http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55887
janus at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2013-01-26 CC| |janus at gcc dot gnu.org Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org 2013-01-26 21:10:15 UTC --- The type(t) version ... type t end type t type(t), target :: x type(t), pointer :: ptr2 => x if (.not. same_type_as (ptr2, x)) call abort() end ... is rejected by 4.7 with (note the wrong locus): type t 1 Error: Pointer initialization target at (1) must have the SAVE attribute but trunk gives yet another ICE: internal compiler error: in symtab_get_node, at symtab.c:277 I think the error message of 4.7 is not triggered on trunk, because 'x' gets the SAVE_IMPLICIT attribute. The ICE goes away when giving 'x' the SAVE attribute explicitly.