BUG or SYNTAX ERROR? error #5082: Syntax error, found '::' when expecting one of: , : (/ ]

[DataScientist]

ifort 2022 (linux WSL) cannot compile the following code snippet.

Is the compiler error correct? Is line continuation disallowed in this case?

integer, allocatable :: A(:)
A = [integer &
:: 0]
end

[DataScientist]

Here is an example run:

https://godbolt.org/z/rrcsE5TTf

[FortranFan · Accepted solution]

Considering the Fortran standard document,

1. Re: "Is the compiler error correct?" - no.  Intel Fortran does not conform by failing to process the continued statement.
2. Re: "Is line continuation disallowed in this case?" - no.  Per the standard, the shown continuation is allowed.

[FortranFan]

A temporary workaround until a compiler resolution might be to move the double colon separator to the previous line:

   integer, allocatable :: A(:)
   A = [ integer :: &
       & 0 ]
end

[Barbara_P_Intel]

Uh, oh! This one almost slipped by!

Thanks for reporting it. I filed the bug as CMPLRLLVM-43404.

[DataScientist]

Fantastic. Thank you for your meticulous attention to bug reports and surely not the least, for the great compilers.

[Ron_Green]

We have a fix in the pipeline for this bug.  The fix will appear in the 2024.2.0 ( Update 2).  This is roughly due end of June or in July 2024.

[DataScientist]

fantastic! Thank you.