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

[William M. Klein]

It (COPY statement without a terminating period) certainly is NOT a
documented extension for any IBM COBOL that I know of. 

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> > 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/IGY
> 3LR10/8.1.15.4?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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