[Bug fortran/33539] New: Too much noise on zero-length character strings

["anlauf at gmx dot de" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

Hi,

gfortran is way too noisy for zero-length character strings.
I get:

% gfc gfcbug71.f90
gfcbug71.f90:3.44:

  character(len=*), parameter :: prefix = ""
                                           1
Warning: CHARACTER variable has zero length at (1)
gfcbug71.f90:7.14:

  use gfcbug71
             1
Warning: CHARACTER variable has zero length at (1)
% cat gfcbug71.f90
module gfcbug71
  implicit none
  character(len=*), parameter :: prefix = ""
end module gfcbug71

program test
  use gfcbug71
  implicit none
  print *, "prefix = ", prefix
end program test


The first warning is a nuisance, but the second one when USEing
the module is really annoying.  This should not be the default.


-- 
           Summary: Too much noise on zero-length character strings
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.3.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: fortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: anlauf at gmx dot de
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33539