Re: error: invalid expression on USAGE POINTER item

[J Leslie Turriff]

On 2023-05-15 10:45:24 Ron Norman wrote:
> The group item has a USAGE which is applied to subfields with no USAGE.
>
> Cheers,
> Ron Norman
>
> > On May 15, 2023, at 11:42, James K. Lowden <jklowden@schemamania.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 15 May 2023 08:29:13 -0400
> >
> > Ron Norman <rjn@inglenet.com> wrote:
> >> Microfocus Cobol does accept this and works as if C-W is a POINTER.
> >
> > Interesting.  ISO doesn't allow it.
> >
> > What is the MF rule?  That the USAGE of any name, if missing, can be
> > inferred from the one before it, if at the same level?
> >
> > If so, does that hold for the PICTURE, too?
> >
> > --jkl


        Ah, yes; I didn't notice that.  From z/OS Language Reference 6.2:

|"When specified at the group level, the USAGE clause applies to each 
elementary item in the 
group. The usage of elementary items must not contradict the usage of a group 
to which the 
elementary items belongs.


Leslie
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