https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60144
Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |WAITING --- Comment #5 from Dominique d'Humieres <dominiq at lps dot ens.fr> --- > Error messages: > ---------------------- > if.F90:2.15: > > if (.TRUE.) > 1 > Error: Cannot assign to a named constant at (1) > if.F90:3.11: > > else if (.FALSE.) > 1 > Error: Unexpected junk after ELSE statement at (1) > [...] > ---------------------- > > Both errors should read something like "Missing THEN after IF/ELSE IF". > > The first error message doesn't even make sense... % gfc dec_type_print_red.f90 dec_type_print_red.f90:20:11: 20 | if (b) type*,a(i) ! test TYPE as PRINT inside one-line IF | 1 Error: Cannot assign to a named constant at (1) (from gfortran.dg/dec_type_print.f90 compiled without the -fdec option). IMO replacing "Cannot assign to a named constant" with "Syntax error" will give an immediate clue of what is wrong. A longer alternative could be something such as ""Syntax error, missing or bad STATEMENT".