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+! { dg-do run }
+! Check the fix for PR36795, where the parentheses in the call to foo were
+! simplified out ie. foo((xx), xx) simplified to foo (xx, xx)
+!
+! Conributed by Vivek Rao <vivekrao4@yahoo.com>
+!
+program main
+  implicit none
+  character(len=10), allocatable :: xx(:)
+  character(len=10)              :: yy
+  allocate (xx(2))
+  xx(1)      = ""
+  xx(2)      = "dog"
+  call foo ((xx),xx)
+  if (trim (xx(1)) .ne. "dog") call abort
+  if (size (xx, 1) .ne. 1) call abort
+contains
+  subroutine foo (xx,yy)
+  character(len=*), intent(in)               :: xx(:)
+  character(len=*), intent(out), allocatable :: yy(:)
+  if (allocated (yy)) deallocate (yy)
+  allocate (yy(1))
+  yy = xx(2)
+  end subroutine foo
+end program main
+