$ cat pad.f character*20 chr open(7) inquire(7,pad=chr) print *,chr end $ gfortran pad.f && ./a.out
$ gfortran -v ; gfortran -dumpmachine Using built-in specs. Configured with: ../gcc-4.0-20050102/configure --prefix=/home/zfkts --enable-languages=c,c++,f95 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.0 20050102 (experimental) ia64-unknown-linux-gnu This is not a g77 regression. g77 does not support pad= in inquire. -- Summary: inquire(pad=) not implemented Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libfortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: Thomas dot Koenig at online dot de CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19313