VMS Help FORTRAN, Error Messages, Compilation Errors, EXT_SYN  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SEVERITY:  I

  MESSAGE TEXT:  Extension to FORTRAN-77:  nonstandard syntax

  EXPLANATION:  One of the following syntax extensions was specified:

  o  PARAMETER name = value
      Error:  Typeless syntax without parentheses

  o  type name/value/
      Error:  Data initialization in type declaration

  o  DATA (ch(exp:exp),v=e2)/values/
      Error:  Substring initialization with implied-DO in
              DATA statement

  o  CHARACTER FUNCTION NAME*n
      Error:  Character function length after name

  o  INCLUDE '(module)'
      Error:  Library-based INCLUDE (only if /STANDARD=MIA)

  o  CALL name(arg2,,arg3)
      Error:  Null actual argument

  o  READ (...),iolist
      Error:  Comma between I/O control and element lists

  o  PARAMETER (name2=ABS(name1))
      Error:  Function use in PARAMETER

  o  e1 ** -e2
      Error:  Two consecutive operators