RE: [open-cobol-list] feature request: EXIT PERFORM ; 1985 - MF-Extension; 2002 Standard

[William M. Klein]

I should have mentioned in my last note, ...

Micro Focus (but NOT the 2002 Standard) has an extension that works very
well with the EXIT PERFORM statement, it is the

   Perform UNTIL EXIT 

feature.  This allows for an "infinite" loop that can only (logically) be
exited by EXIT PERFORM.

This is certainly a "nice to have" and not something essential to COBOL, but
if one is adding EXIT PERFORM, one should at least "think about" this MF
extension.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Thomas Biehler
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 8:35 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: Keisuke Nishida; address@hidden
> Subject: [open-cobol-list] feature request: EXIT PERFORM ; 
> 1985 - MF-Extension; 2002 Standard
> 
> hi keisuke,
> 
> i hope you have finished your moving 
> without any damages ...:-)
> 
> Please implement the "EXIT PERFORM"  feature 
> (IMO  a very usefull extension! ,  low priority , 5 programs)
>  as a 
>     - 1985 MF-Cobol Extension and
>     - (new) ISO 2002 feature.
> 
> The documentation references are integrated in the
> attached patch-file for extensions.at (tests/run.src).
> 
> Thanks and bye!
> 
> Thomas
>