This is a follow-up on an earlier IBM-MAIN thread. I thought that it might be interesting AND USEFUL to "document" which IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler options can "impact" run-time behavior. By this I mean that the same source code will compile "cleanly" with any setting of these options but that for programs that COMPLETE their "run" the "output" might be different. (I phrase it this way to avoid options that impact "storage" usage at compile or run-time. I am also "ignoring" performance differences.).
Looking at the list of options at: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3PG30/CCON TENTS My initial list of "potentially impacting" options is: - ADV - CICS (depending on suboptions) - CODEPAGE - CURRENCY - DATEPROC - DYNAM (only if CANCEL is used) - FASTSRT (only if DECLARATIVES are used) - INTDATE - NUMPROC - PGMNAME - QUOTE/APOST (figurative constant, not literals) - SQL (depending on suboptions) - SSRANGE (if checking is turned on at run-time) - THREAD - TRUNC - YEARWINDOW - ZWB **** Of you "IBM COBOL" types, do you have any opinions on any that I have missed - or that I have included that you think do NOT impact run-time behavior? -- Bill Klein wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
