https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95053
--- Comment #1 from Jürgen Reuter <juergen.reuter at desy dot de> --- I shrank the example even further: SUBROUTINE MNSTIN 132 FORMAT (' UNIT',I3,' ALREADY OPENED WITH NAME:',A/ + ' NEW NAME IGNORED:',A) RETURN END It looks like it is the combination of integer format with this special form of character line continuation.