Re: [Bug-GnuCOBOL] Incorrect parsing of numeric-edited values

[Edward Hart]

Hi David,

Thanks for the bug report and patch. This is technically extension, but it's a very innocuous one and it's supported by Micro Focus (see VALUE Clause, General Rule 1.b). I'll commit this immediately.

Edward

On 13 May 2017 at 10:56, David Newall <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi all,

I believe it's bug:

address@hidden cat test-pic.cbl
        IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
        PROGRAM-ID. TEST-PIC.

        DATA DIVISION.
        WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
        01  N    PIC .999 VALUE 0.

        PROCEDURE DIVISION.
               START-PROCEDURE SECTION.
        000-TOP.
            DISPLAY 'N:', N.

        END PROGRAM TEST-PIC.

address@hidden cobc -x test-pic.cbl
test-pic.cbl: 6: warning: alphanumeric value is expected

If I'm right (about it being a bug), the problem is in typck.c; and because of the "TODO" comment, I think it's something that slipped through the cracks.  I think NUMERIC-EDITED could be parsed the same as NUMERIC is.

I'm using r1560.  I've attached my suggested patch.

Cheers,

David