https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79524
--- Comment #3 from David Binderman <dcb314 at hotmail dot com> --- > Note that the test expects the -fimplicit-none option. Do you > see the valgrind error with this option? No I didn't. $ /home/dcb/gcc/results.245439/bin/gfortran -c -fimplicit-none gfortran.dg/fimplicit_none_2.f90 gfortran.dg/fimplicit_none_2.f90:5:48: character(*), parameter :: z(2) = [character(n) :: 'x', 'y'] ! { dg-error "Scalar INTEGER expression expected" } 1 Error: Scalar INTEGER expression expected at (1) $