The following code (from http://home.comcast.net/~kmbtib/gfortran_bugs/REF_JVB_GFTN_005.html) fails in the following way (on i686-mingw and powerpc-apple-darwin):
--------------------------------- module funcs implicit none contains function f(x) character(*), intent(in) :: x integer f(len(x)) integer i ! do i=1,len(x) ! f(i) = 0 ! end do end function f end module funcs program spec_expr_test use funcs implicit none write(*,*) size(f('test')) end program spec_expr_test --------------------------------- $ gfortran reduced_spec.f90 && ./a.out reduced_spec.f90: In function 'f': reduced_spec.f90:4: warning: Function does not return a value At line 19 of file reduced_spec.f90 Fortran runtime error: Internal: Possible double free of temporary. If you uncomment the three lines in the code above, you get a runtime segfault (on powerpc-apple-darwin): $ gfortran reduced_spec.f90 && ./a.out zsh: bus error ./a.out I don't know if these two issues are related, but I post them both in one PR just in case they can be debuggued altogether. -- Summary: specification expression failure Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: coudert at clipper dot ens dot fr CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19574