https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66710
Bug ID: 66710 Summary: Unhelpful error message with unbalanced parenthesis Product: gcc Version: 5.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: casey.webster at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- A very simple test case: real, dimension(1,1) :: A b = A(:,iter)) end whose error is unbalanced parenthesis on line two, fails compilation as it should, but for a very unhelpful (and wrong) error: error-msg.f90:2:10: b = A(:,iter)) 1 Error: Invalid character in name at (1) For comparison, ifort emits the error "error #5276: Unbalanced parentheses" for the same testcase.