RE: [open-cobol-list] Bug Report

[Bill Klein]

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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> To: 'Robert Sherry'; 'John R. Culleton'; 
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> 
> 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-----
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> > 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-----
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> > Behalf Of John R.
> > Culleton
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:46 PM
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> > 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
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> > 
> > Book coaches, consultants and packagers:
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> > 
> > 
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