Hi All, This problem caused the gimplifier failure because the reference chain ending in an inquiry_len still retained a full array reference. This had already been corrected for deferred character lengths but the fix extends this to all characters without a length expression and integer expressions, which is the correct type of course, that retain a full array_spec. The nullification of the se->string length in conv_inquiry is a belts-and-braces measure to stop it from winding up as a hidden argument in procedure calls. OK for trunk and, after a decent delay, backporting? Cheers Paul Fortran: Fix assumed length chars and len inquiry [PR103716] 2023-05-09 Paul Thomas gcc/fortran PR fortran/103716 * resolve.cc (gfc_resolve_ref): Conversion of array_ref into an element should be done for all characters without a len expr, not just deferred lens, and for integer expressions. * trans-expr.cc (conv_inquiry): For len and kind inquiry refs, set the se string_length to NULL_TREE. gcc/testsuite/ PR fortran/103716 * gfortran.dg/pr103716 : New test.