https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88169
--- Comment #4 from Neil Carlson <neil.n.carlson at gmail dot com> --- I think the intent of C8102 (R868) The namelist-group-name shall not be a name accessed by use association. is to say you can't define a namelist with a name accessed by use association. That seems to fit best with the Note that references it. However, I suppose it could be taken to mean that a namelist-group cannot be accessed via use association. But that flies in the face of 14.2.2 The USE statement provides the means by which a scoping unit accesses named data objects, derived types, procedures, abstract interfaces, generic identifiers, and namelist groups in a module. which clearly indicates namelist groups can be accessed by use association.