inconsistent-dimension-declaration (S261)

Fix is always available.

This rule is unstable and in preview. The --preview flag is required for use.

What it does

Checks for variable declarations that have both the dimension attribute and an inline array specification.

Why is this bad?

Having both methods of declaring an array in one statement may be confusing for the reader who may expect that all variables in the declaration have the same shape as given by the dimension attribute. Prefer to declare variables with different shapes to the dimension attribute on different lines.

Example

! y and z are inconsistent with the `dimension` attribute
real, dimension(5) :: x, y(2), z(3, 4)

Use instead:

real, dimension(5) :: x
real :: y(2)
real :: z(3, 4)