https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52393
--- Comment #5 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> --- Note that the following test compiles with gfortran from at least 4.8 up to trunk (6.0) PROGRAM ReadMeTwo IMPLICIT NONE CHARACTER(10) :: var READ '('//'A)', var PRINT *, var END PROGRAM ReadMeTwo