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function Status_Not_Equal_Status (S1, S2) result(Not_Equal) ! Input variables. type(Status_type), intent(in) :: S1, S2 ! Status variables to be compared. ! Output variable. type(logical) :: Not_Equal ! Nonequality boolean. !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ! Verify requirements. VERIFY(Valid_State(S1),1) ! S1 is valid. VERIFY(Valid_State(S2),1) ! S2 is valid. ! Check nonequality. Not_Equal = S1%status /= S2%status ! Verify guarantees. ! Not_Equal should be what it was set to. VERIFY(Not_Equal .eqv. (S1%status /= S2%status),2) return end function Status_Not_Equal_Status