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Why is the error message “KIND value does not specify a valid representation method” appearing (other compilers do not have this problem)?

April 26, 2017appearing compilers Error message method problem representation specify valid value

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Why is the error message “KIND value does not specify a valid representation method” appearing (other compilers do not have this problem)?

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Top] The numbering of KINDs depends on the compiler. There are at least two obvious methods: sequential (1 to N, where N is the number of kinds) and byte (use the number of bytes for integer and real). NAGWare f95 (and some other compilers) by default uses sequential kind numbering, so single and double precision real are REAL(1) and REAL(2), not REAL(4) and REAL(8). The disadvantage of the “byte” scheme is that the COMPLEX setting is the number of bytes for each part, i.e. half the total, which can be confusing. The option -kind=sequential specifies the default sequential scheme and -kind=byte may be used for alternative byte scheme.