------- Comment #1 from dfranke at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-03-31 10:30 ------- Can not reproduce the problem on Intel P4. Tried gfortran v4.1.1, v4.2 and a recent svn snapshot. Btw, why not simply: 'read(istr, *) num' ? -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31408