https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78350
--- Comment #1 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Whereas, wrapped in a program : $ cat z2.f90 program p type t character(2) :: c(1) = [character(3) :: 'abc'] end type type(t) :: x print *, x end $ gfortran-7-20161113 z2.f90 $ a.out ab