http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45440
--- Comment #8 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> 2012-09-22 21:57:52 UTC --- If I apply the following patch --- ../_clean/gcc/fortran/resolve.c 2012-09-17 15:50:08.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc/fortran/resolve.c 2012-09-22 18:02:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -7051,10 +7053,15 @@ conformable_arrays (gfc_expr *e1, gfc_ex mpz_sub (s, s, tail->u.ar.start[i]->value.integer); mpz_add_ui (s, s, 1); } - else + else if(tail->u.ar.start[i]) { mpz_set (s, tail->u.ar.start[i]->value.integer); } + else + { + gcc_unreachable (); + /* mpz_set (s, e1->shape[i]); */ + } if (mpz_cmp (e1->shape[i], s) != 0) { the segmentation fault is indeed replaced with f951: internal compiler error: in conformable_arrays, at fortran/resolve.c:7062 which means that the allocatable corresponding to tail should be "decorated" (bounds, size, ...) somewhere (in a way similar to the lhs reallocation on assignment). Also the new else if block seems weird in two counts: (1) I do not see how it can be reached (I tried something such as b(3:), but I got a syntax error earlier). (2) I does not make sense for me to compare tail->u.ar.start[i] to e1->shape[i].