Hi All,

I think that the changelog says it all. OK for mainline?

Paul

Fortran: Fix some deferred character problems in associate [PR109451]

2023-04-07  Paul Thomas  <pault@gcc.gnu.org>

gcc/fortran
PR fortran/109451
* trans-array.cc (gfc_conv_expr_descriptor): Guard expression
character length backend decl before using it. Suppress the
assignment if lhs equals rhs.
* trans-io.cc (gfc_trans_transfer): Scalarize transfer of
associate variables pointing to a variable. Add comment.


gcc/testsuite/
PR fortran/109451
* gfortran.dg/associate_61.f90 : New test