Re: [open-cobol-list] possibly bug: accept into numeric field

[masterok]

>   Data item          Input
>   ---------          -----
>   01 X-1 PIC 99.     "123"
>   01 X-2 PIC 99V9.   "1"
>   01 X-3 PIC 99V9.   "123.4"
In my opinion,
X-1, should give error if input is "123" (alphanumeric to numeric). If 
input is 123 (numeric) X-1 would result 23 (looses leading 1).
X-2, for numeric, would result 01.0 (01,0 decimal-point is comma)
X-3, for numeric, would result 23.4 (23,4).
Regards,
Marcello Marsile