https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77694
--- Comment #1 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- For completeness, older official releases give : $ gfortran-6 -O2 z1.f90 z1.f90:4:7: y = .nt. x 1 Error: Unknown operator 'nt' at (1) (null):0: confused by earlier errors, bailing out $ gfortran-5 -O2 z1.f90 z1.f90:4:7: y = .nt. x 1 Error: Unknown operator 'nt' at (1) (null):0: confused by earlier errors, bailing out $ gfortran-4.9 -O2 z1.f90 z1.f90:4.7: y = .nt. x 1 Error: Unknown operator 'nt' at (1) f951: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault $ gfortran-4.8 -O2 z1.f90 z1.f90:4.7: y = .nt. x 1 Error: Unknown operator 'nt' at (1) f951: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault