When assigning from an array with lower index bound /=1 the lower index bound is ignored (set to 1). Afaik the lower index bound should be copied from the target.
PROGRAM TST IMPLICIT NONE REAL, TARGET :: A(10:20) REAL, POINTER :: B(:) B => A WRITE(*,*) LBOUND(B,1) END PROGRAM TST bash> gfortran421 -o tst tst.f90 bash> ./tst 1 bash> -- Summary: lower index bound incorrect after array pointer assignment Product: gcc Version: 4.2.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: enok at lysator dot liu dot se GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33264