gfortran -c -Wall -O1 gfort_warnings.f90 using gcc version 4.2.0 20061011 (experimental) on Windows XP
for the code module foo_mod implicit none contains subroutine print_sub(fmt_acf,iu,labels) character (len=*), intent(in), optional :: fmt_acf integer , intent(in), optional :: iu character (len=*), intent(in), optional :: labels(:) if (present(iu)) then print*,iu end if if (present(fmt_acf)) then print*,fmt_acf end if if (present(labels)) then write (*,*) labels end if end subroutine print_sub ! end module foo_mod produces the spurious warnings gfort_warnings.f90: In function 'print_sub': gfort_warnings.f90:4: warning: 'stride.1' may be used uninitialized in this function gfort_warnings.f90:4: warning: 'ubound.0' may be used uninitialized in this function gfort_warnings.f90:4: warning: 'labels.0' may be used uninitialized in this function gfort_warnings.f90:4: warning: '<anonymous>' may be used uninitialized in this function -- Summary: Spurious warning about uninitialized optional arguments Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: vivekrao4 at yahoo dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29459