Character array constructor

[RonShepard]

@FortranFan

I did mean for the “canonical” form to apply to bounds as well:

    integer, allocatable :: n(:), tmp(:)
    n = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
    print *, "lbound(n) = ", lbound(n, dim=1)
    allocate( tmp(-1:1) )
    tmp = n
    call move_alloc( from=tmp, to=n )
    print *, "lbound(n) following move_alloc: ", lbound(n, dim=1)
end

I think this is one of those cases where the standard is not clear. If it were written as tmp(:)=n, then no reallocation should occur and the lower bound should remain -1. But written as tmp=n, the standard allows reallocation, in which case the lower bound afterwards would be 1, not -1.