It is the season for triviality...
MODULE PublicColonsShouldBeBanned PUBLIC :: ! Not permitted by F95 R522 / F2003 R518 / F2008 R524 END MODULE PublicColonsShouldBeBanned
Despite widespread agreement about the sentiment in the module name, the above compiles without error.
[U:\projects\any-excuse-for-procrastination] >ifort /c /warn:all /stand:f95 "2013-01-02 public-colons.f90" Intel(R) Visual Fortran Compiler XE for applications running on IA-32, Version 13.0.1.119 Build 20121008 Copyright (C) 1985-2012 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. [U:\projects\any-excuse-for-procrastination] >