[Bug fortran/69422] Unexpected result with allocatable character type component

[pault at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69422

Paul Thomas <pault at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #3 from Paul Thomas <pault at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Paul Thomas from comment #2)
> Hmmm! This works if the pointer attribute is changed to allocatable. As
> reported, it generates:
> 

This is precisely the point! There is no obligation for the processor to
automatically (re)allocate a pointer component, is there?

Changing the assignment to

    allocate (X%P%Source, source = 'test string')

works as expected.

I'm sorry but this one is invalid. I suppose that a runtime warning along the
lines of that just introduced for assignment of scalars to unallocated,
allocatable arrays could be introduced but I am seriously unconvinced that we
should be doing this for pointers.

Cheers

Paul