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RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report
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Bill Klein |
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RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report |
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Thu Oct 6 13:40:58 2005 |
correction (maybe). I just checked the latest manual. At:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3lr30/3.1.6
it says that the continuation of a comment-entry must be in the B-margin.
THEREFORE, I would like to see a "clean compile" with DATE-MODIFIED in the
A-margin - before committing to whether this should or should NOT be
allowed. (If coded in the B-margin, it certainly WOULD be allowed.)
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Bill Klein
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:33 PM
> To: 'Robert Sherry'; 'John R. Culleton';
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> Cc: 'Roger While'
> Subject: RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report
>
> The answer to this one is actually pretty funny (and it
> really IS a bug).
>
> DATE-MODIFIED is *not* a valid paragraph name for any IBM (or
> other compiler
> that I know of).
>
> HOWEVER, (and here comes the funny part). IBM (and several
> other compilers)
> allow for a "comment-entry" to be in either the A-margin or
> B-Margin. (The
> '85 Standard isn't clear to me as to whether this is an
> extension or not.)
>
> Therefore, given the construct:
>
> AUTHOR. MRK S.
> DATE-WRITTEN. NOV 07, 2002.
> DATE-MODIFIED. NOV 21, 2002.
>
> the "DATE-MODIFIED. ..." text is (on IBM and several other compilers)
> treated as a "comment-entry" portion of the (valid and conforming)
> DATE-WRITTEN. paragraph. You could just as well have coded:
>
> AUTHOR. MRK S.
> DATE-WRITTEN. NOV 07, 2002.
> Now-is-the-time. For all good men to come to the aid
> of their party>
>
> and it would compile. For documentation on continuation of
> comment-entries,
> see the '85 Standard, page VI-6, SR(1).
>
> P.S. A common use of this "feature" is IBM code like the following:
>
> AUTHOR. MRK S.
> REMARKS. OS/VS COBOL allowed for a REMARKS paragraph but
> VS COBOL II and later do not. However, this
> works because
> it is actually a part of the AUTHOR paragraph.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden On
> > Behalf Of Robert Sherry
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:16 PM
> > To: 'John R. Culleton'; address@hidden
> > Cc: 'Roger While'
> > Subject: RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report
> >
> > John,
> >
> > You are right. I meant to say: DATE-MODIFIED. Sorry. In
> > any event, I
> > believe it should work in MVS compatible mode. Do you
> > disagree with that?
> >
> > Bob Sherry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden On
> > Behalf Of John R.
> > Culleton
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:46 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: Robert Sherry; 'Roger While'
> > Subject: Re: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report
> >
> > On Thursday 06 October 2005 06:34 pm, Robert Sherry wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > While DATE-WRITTEN is not part of standard COBOL it is
> > part of IBM
> > MVS
> > > COBOL. Therefore it should work with std=mvs.conf. By the
> > way, it use to
> > > work in Open COBOL.
> > >
> > > Bob Sherry
> >
> > DATE-MODIFIED IS THE PROBLEM!
> > --
> > John Culleton
> > Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions:
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> >
> > Book coaches, consultants and packagers:
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> >
> >
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- [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, Robert Sherry, 2005/10/06
- Re: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, John R. Culleton, 2005/10/06
- RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, Robert Sherry, 2005/10/06
- Re: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, John R. Culleton, 2005/10/06
- RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, Robert Sherry, 2005/10/06
- Re: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report, John R. Culleton, 2005/10/06
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