Hmmm. Not seeing errors from EC at the customer. I wonder if that REMARKS line is somehow significant. (And Yes, I can test that and no I have not yet.)
I will repost here the preceding lines, and also the lines I posted before as Outlook+Listserve garbled it a bit. 1 2 3 6 7 1234567890123456789012345678901...0123456789012 00017 AUTHOR. JOHN DOE. 00018 DATE-WRITTEN. JULY 1989. 00019 DATE-COMPILED. 00020 *REMARKS. 00021 '******************* ************' 00022 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *' 00023 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *' Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax? A fast test with Enterprise COBOL 3.4.1 got an error message: 1PP 5655-G53 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 3.4.1 ABEND0C7 Date 08/03/2012 Time 10:48:07 Page 5 LineID PL SL ----+-*A-1-B--+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7-|--+- ---8 Map and Cross Reference 0 000056 ' IS THIS A COMMENT? ' ==000056==> IGYDS1089-S "' IS THIS A COMMENT? '" was invalid. Scanning was resumed at the next area "A" item, level-number, or the start of the next clause. And my "gut feeling" is that such a construct is indeed invalid. What are a few of the lines above these lines? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN