pause-statement (OB051)

This rule is turned on by default.

What it does

Checks for pause statements.

Why is this bad?

pause statements were never properly standardised, doing different things on different compilers, and were completely removed in Fortran 95. They can usually be replaced with a simple call to read(*,*)

References

• Metcalf, M., Reid, J. and Cohen, M., 2018, _Modern Fortran Explained: Incorporating Fortran 2018, Oxford University Press, Appendix B 'Obsolescent and Deleted Features'