The attach patch fixes the construction of a format string from a user-defined operator or from a string with a kind type prefix. In short, the patch allows print 2.ip.8 ! .ip. is a user-defined operator print 1_'(A)' ! 1_ designates a default character type Prior to this patch gfortran would try to match a statement label. 2011-10-16 Steven G. Kargl * io.c (match_dt_format): Match a user-defined operator or a kind type prefixed string. 2011-10-16 Steven G. Kargl * gfortran.dg/format_string.f: New test. -- Steve