[Bug fortran/45456] New: [4.6 Regression] [OOP] Bogus pointer initialization error on pointer-valued TBP

["janus at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

Reported by Andrew Benson at
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2010-08/msg00462.html:


module Merger_Trees
  private
  public :: mergerTree

  type mergerTree
   contains
     procedure :: getNode => Tree_Node_Get
  end type mergerTree

contains

  function Tree_Node_Get(thisTree,nodeIndex) result(foundNode)
    implicit none
    class(mergerTree), intent(inout) :: thisTree
    integer,           intent(in)    :: nodeIndex
    integer,           pointer       :: foundNode

    return
  end function Tree_Node_Get

end module Merger_Trees


gives:


<During initialization>

Error: Pointer initialization target at (1) must have the SAVE attribute


-- 
           Summary: [4.6 Regression] [OOP] Bogus pointer initialization
                    error on pointer-valued TBP
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.6.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: rejects-valid
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: fortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: janus at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45456