Hello,

the compiler's error message could by more helpful for the following example:

  integer, parameter :: iso  = SELECTED_CHAR_KIND ("ISO_10646") ! unsupported
  character(kind=iso) , parameter :: c = CHAR (32,KIND=iso)
  print *, 'selected_char_kind ("ISO_10646") =', iso
end

ifort 13.0 produces:

ifort_character_kinds.f90(2): error #6684: This is an incorrect value for a kind type parameter in this context.   [ISO]
  character(kind=iso) , parameter :: c = CHAR (32,KIND=iso)
-----------------^
ifort_character_kinds.f90(2): error #6684: This is an incorrect value for a kind type parameter in this context.
  character(kind=iso) , parameter :: c = CHAR (32,KIND=iso)
-------------------------------------------------------^
compilation aborted for ifort_character_kinds.f90 (code 1)

Commenting out the offending line 2 and running the program shows that

the encoding is not supported and thus iso==-1.  It would be helpful if the error message

would quote the actual invalid value.

Regards,

Harald