https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64324
Bug ID: 64324 Summary: Deferred character specific functions not permitted in generic operator interface Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: ian_harvey at bigpond dot com gfortran built from current trunk rejects the following with "Error: User operator procedure ‘tostring’ at (1) cannot be assumed character length" MODULE m IMPLICIT NONE INTERFACE OPERATOR(.ToString.) MODULE PROCEDURE tostring END INTERFACE OPERATOR(.ToString.) CONTAINS FUNCTION tostring(arg) INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: arg CHARACTER(:), ALLOCATABLE :: tostring tostring = '42' END FUNCTION tostring END MODULE m (The procedure has deferred length, not assumed length.) $ gfortran -v -c 2014-12-16\ ToString.f90 Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gfortran Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: .././src/configure --prefix=/home/MEGMS2/ian/usr/gcc-5.0.0 --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-libgomp --enable-checking=release Thread model: posix gcc version 5.0.0 20141215 (experimental) (GCC) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-c' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /home/MEGMS2/ian/usr/gcc-5.0.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/5.0.0/f951 2014-12-16 ToString.f90 -quiet -dumpbase 2014-12-16 ToString.f90 -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase 2014-12-16 ToString -version -fintrinsic-modules-path /home/MEGMS2/ian/usr/gcc-5.0.0/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/5.0.0/finclude -o /tmp/cctex4Ju.s GNU Fortran (GCC) version 5.0.0 20141215 (experimental) (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 5.0.0 20141215 (experimental), GMP version 6.0.0, MPFR version 3.1.2, MPC version 1.0.2 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 GNU Fortran (GCC) version 5.0.0 20141215 (experimental) (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 5.0.0 20141215 (experimental), GMP version 6.0.0, MPFR version 3.1.2, MPC version 1.0.2 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 2014-12-16 ToString.f90:7:2: FUNCTION tostring(arg) 1 Error: User operator procedure ‘tostring’ at (1) cannot be assumed character length