Re: Re: [open-cobol-list] syntax error from compiler.

[David Korn]

> At Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:17:48 -0500 (EST),
> David Korn wrote:
> > 
> > I am getting the error
> >       parse error, unexpected FOR, expecting AFTER
> > with the lines
> >              DEBUG-DECLARE SECTION.
> >                  USE FOR DEBUGGING ON ALL PROCEDURES.
> > Is this a known problem?
> 
> It seems this is an extension of IBM COBOL.  There is a
> description of this statement at:
> 
>   
> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3LR10/8.1.15.4?SHELF=&DT=20020920180651&CASE=
> 
> I'll modify the parser to accept this statement and just
> ignore it.
> 
> Keisuke
> 
> 

Thanks,  also I have come across code the
        COPY name
without the trailing period.  I was told that this is legal
with COBOL2 but I get a syntax error with open-cobol.

David Korn
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