I do not know how this bug is linked to others (e.g. 18883), I let you decide. It was on GNU Fortran 95 (GCC 4.0.0) and is still in the 4.1 snapshot I build yesterday (gcc-4.1-20050826). I get a ICE on that file (cutils.f95): (!==== lines are part of the file) The reported function is 'inttochar2' althoug the reported line is 7 (which is the line public::IntToChar2). [:prompt:] cat cutils.f95 !================ module cutils implicit none private integer :: maxStringLength = 25 public :: IntToChar2 contains elemental function IntToChar2(integerValue) integer, intent( in) :: integerValue character(len = maxStringLength) :: IntToChar2 ! ! Creates the character representation of an integer. ! write(IntToChar2, *) integerValue end function IntToChar2 end module cutils !================ [:prompt:] gfortran-4.1-20050826 -v -c cutils.f95 Using built-in specs. Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /mtvhome/laverth/TOOLS/GCCsnap/gcc-4.1-20050826/configure -- prefix=/home1/laverth/TOOLS/GCCsnap/gcc41snap --program-suffix=-4.1-20050826 -- with-local-prefix=/home1/laverth/TOOLS/GCCsnap/include --enable-languages=c,f95 --disable-libgcj --with-mpfr=/usr/local Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20050826 (experimental) /home1/laverth/TOOLS/GCCsnap/gcc41snap/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.0/f951 cutils.f95 -quiet -dumpbase cutils.f95 -mtune=pentiumpro -auxbase cutils - version -o /tmp/ccfwaq3u.s GNU F95 version 4.1.0 20050826 (experimental) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.1.0 20050826 (experimental). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 cutils.f95: In function ‘inttochar2’: cutils.f95:7: internal compiler error: in gfc_finish_var_decl, at fortran/trans- decl.c:438 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See for instructions. -- Summary: ICE in gfc_finish_var_decl (string manipulation) Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: thomas dot lavergne at jrc dot it CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23675