[PATCH] PR123012 Silent acceptance of unquoted character items in namelist input

This patch was simple and obvious. I decided to add additional comments to make 
things clearer. This addresses Harald's discovery (new test case).

I will commit tomorrow if no objections.

Regression tested on x86_64. New test case provided.

Regards,

Jerry

commit 5882cd9b730c8ec8624d7eedcd72edac2dbabeac
Author: Jerry DeLisle <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Jan 12 18:45:05 2026 -0800

     Fortran: Detect missing quote in namelist read.

             PR libfortran/123012

     libgfortran/ChangeLog:

             * io/list_read.c (read_character): Add new check after
             get_string and provide better comments.

     gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:

             * gfortran.dg/namelist_101.f90: New test.

diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_101.f90 
b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_101.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..409c568f53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_101.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+! { dg-do run )
+! { dg-shouldfail "Missing quote" }
+program nml_quotes_bug
+  implicit none
+  integer      :: unit = 10
+  character(8) :: c1, c2
+  namelist /tovs_obs_chan/ c1, c2
+  open (unit ,file="nml-quotes-bug.nml")
+  write(unit,*) "&tovs_obs_chan"
+  write(unit,*) "  c1 = '1',"
+  write(unit,*) "  c2 =  2a ,"
+  write(unit,*) "/"
+  rewind(unit)
+  read (unit ,nml=tovs_obs_chan)
+  close(unit ,status="delete")
+end program nml_quotes_bug
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
index 2aadc8f4d3c..0d16640a900 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,10 @@ read_character (st_parameter_dt *dtp, int length 
__attribute__ ((unused)))

  	CASE_SEPARATORS:
  	case EOF:
+	  /* At this point we have been reading a string of digits. Now we see
+	     the end of these digits without seeing the closing quote and not
+	     seeing the '*' for a repeat count.  When in namelist mode, if it
+	     was a string of digits it should have had the closing quote.  */
  	  if (dtp->u.p.namelist_mode)
  	    {
  	      snprintf (message, IOMSG_LEN, "Missing quote while reading item %d",
@@ -1367,6 +1371,16 @@ read_character (st_parameter_dt *dtp, int length 
__attribute__ ((unused)))

   get_string:

+  /* We could be at the beginning of a string or partially through a string
+     that began with all digits. Either way, the quote character for a namelist
+     read should have been set.  */
+  if (dtp->u.p.namelist_mode && (quote == ' '))
+    {
+      snprintf (message, IOMSG_LEN, "Missing quote while reading item %d",
+		dtp->u.p.item_count);
+      generate_error (&dtp->common, LIBERROR_READ_VALUE, message);
+    }
+
    for (;;)
      {
        if ((c = next_char (dtp)) == EOF)