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function Error_Status (S) result(Error) ! Input variable. type(Status_type), intent(in) :: S ! Status to be checked. ! Output variable. type(logical) :: Error ! Error condition boolean. !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ! Verify requirements. VERIFY(Valid_State(S),1) ! S is valid. ! Set error boolean. Error = status_flag(S%status)%severity == 'Error' ! Verify guarantees. ! Error should be what it was set to. VERIFY(Error .eqv. (status_flag(S%status)%severity == 'Error'),2) return end function Error_Status