http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60144
kargl at gcc dot gnu.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from kargl at gcc dot gnu.org --- (In reply to Sergio Losilla from comment #0) > Compiler version: > GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 20130917-1ubuntu1) 4.9.0 20130917 (experimental) [trunk > revision 202647] > > Test program: > -------------------- > program ifelif > if (.TRUE.) > else if (.FALSE.) > end if > end program > -------------------- > > 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... How is the compiler suppose to know that the programmer may have meant program ifelif if (.TRUE.) i = 42 if (.FALSE.) then j = 42 end if end program As for the message that you think makes no sense, I suspect the parse has identified (.TRUE.) as a malformed expression.