From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25473 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2013 18:52:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 25438 invoked by uid 48); 28 Jan 2013 18:52:26 -0000 From: "jtappin at gmail dot com" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug fortran/56132] New: Lengths incorrect on assignment to an allocatable character scalar. Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:52:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: fortran X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: jtappin at gmail dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2013-01/txt/msg02598.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56132 Bug #: 56132 Summary: Lengths incorrect on assignment to an allocatable character scalar. Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: jtappin@gmail.com Created attachment 29296 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=29296 Code demonstrating the problem When I run the attached program with gfortran (4.7.2), the length appears to be that of the previous assignment, e.g.: ./a.out String :_jjjj 0 0 String :_ssss 0 4 ssss String :_77 4 ssss 4 77 String :_why does this happen 4 77 2 wh