gfortran tech support, When I attempt to compile the program listed below, the following error messages are printed:
n...@oxford:~/Elements/AllocChar$ more alloccharP.xyz alloccharP.f90:6.12: character(:), allocatable :: c_Char(:) 1 Error: Syntax error in CHARACTER declaration at (1) alloccharP.f90:7.12: character(:), allocatable :: io_message 1 Error: Syntax error in CHARACTER declaration at (1) I searched the bug database but could not find this bug listed. I am attempting to declare an array of allocatable characters, which I believe is legal. The Intel 12.0 beta compiler and version 5.2 of the nag compiler both compile this routine. (The routine, as written, is not correct: the variable io_message needs to be allocated before it is used in the open statement.) Thank you for your attention. Yours truly, Norm Norman S. Clerman program AllocChar integer, parameter :: CHAR_ELEMENTS = 5, FILE_UNIT = 11 integer :: io_stat ! character(:), allocatable :: c_Char(CHAR_ELEMENTS) character(:), allocatable :: c_Char(:) character(:), allocatable :: io_message character (*), parameter :: FILE_NAME = "no_file.dat" ! io_message = "no errors" ! print *, io_message ! c_Char = " " ! c_Char(1: 2) = ["Hello ", " everyone!"] ! c_Char(1) = "Hello" ! c_Char(2) = "everyone" ! print *, c_Char (1: 2) open (unit = FILE_UNIT, file = FILE_NAME, iostat = io_stat, iomsg = io_message, status = "old") print *, io_message end program AllocChar -- Summary: suspected bug in error generated by allocatable character array Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: clerman at fuse dot net http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45170