id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 2201,"Compilation failure (lib_mpp, iom etc)",rblod,systeam,"==== Context Compilation fails with gfortran 4.8 and key_mpp_mpi activated with message: {{{#!make CHARACTER(len=*), DIMENSION(nbdelay), PUBLIC :: c_delaylist = (/ 'cflice', 'fwb'/) 1 Error: Different CHARACTER lengths (6/3) in array constructor at (1) }}} Same error in iom_nf90.f90 and may other places with same initialisation using character array constructor ==== Analysis my guess, It's not allowed by fortran standard (just an intel extension) ==== Recommendation Not sure, this syntax makes it but is f2003: {{{#!f CHARACTER(len=*), DIMENSION(nbdelay), PUBLIC :: c_delaylist = (/ character(32):: 'cflice', 'fwb'/) }}} ",Defect,closed,normal,Unscheduled,LBC,trunk,major,fixed,compilation,