>From Fortran 95 standard, Annex B, B1: Deleted Features: "H edit descriptor. In FORTRAN 77, and for consistency also in Fortran 90, there was an alternative form of character string edit descriptor, which had been the only such form in FORTRAN 66; this has been deleted."
Other compiles warn: NAG: f95 Deleted feature used: H edit descriptor Intel: ifort -stand f95 Warning: The cH edit descriptor has been deleted in Fortran 95. g95 -std=f95 Warning (100): The H format specifier is a deleted language feature in format string at (1) Example: SUBROUTINE ERROR_SUB(TAG,STR,BLANK) IMPLICIT none CHARACTER (LEN=*) :: TAG CHARACTER (LEN=*) :: STR CHARACTER (LEN=*) :: BLANK INTEGER inden, uixml, i i=LEN_TRIM(str) inden = 10 WRITE(uixml,'(A,"<i type=",1H","string",1H"," name=",1H",A,1H"& &,">",A,"</i>")',ADVANCE="Yes") blank(1:inden),tag,str(1:i) END SUBROUTINE ERROR_SUB -- Summary: Warn about deleted feature: H edit descriptor Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: diagnostic Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31813