Hi,
Sometimes, programmers forget to add a dot sign after data definition in working area , like:
1200 01 L-DEMA3 PIC X.
1201 01 W-PROG PIC X(10)
1202 01 W-MONTZ PIC Z.ZZZ.ZZZ.ZZZ.ZZ9,99.
which leads to an error when compiling (gnuCobol 2.0 RC1):
MYPROG.cbl: 1202: error: syntax error, unexpected Literal, expecting EXTERNAL or GLOBAL
On our legacy compilers, cobol/400 and Microfocus, this is just a warning, something like "Warning: period missing, period assumed"
Is there some setting in gnuCobol to transform this error into a warning?
Regards,
Erwan