http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2006-10/msg00241.html adds compile-time checking for the specifier arguments of CLOSE and OPEN.
This should be done analogously for (cf. 9.5.1 in Fortran 2003) WRITE/READ (some only in READ allowed; some sre not yet implemented in gfortran): - ADVANCE: 'YES', 'NO' - ASYNCHRONOUS: 'YES', 'NO' - BLANK: 'NULL', 'ZERO' - DECIMAL: 'COMMA', 'POINT' - DELIM: 'APOSTROPHE', 'QUOTE', 'NONE - PAD: 'YES', 'NO' - ROUND: 'UP', 'DOWN', 'ZERO', 'NEAREST', 'COMPATIBLE'. 'PROCESSOR_DEFINED' - SIGN: PLUS, SUPPRESS, PROCESSOR_DEFINED -- Summary: Do compile-time specifier checks for WRITE and READ Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: tobias dot burnus at physik dot fu-berlin dot de http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29452