Ah! It is part of the "DATE-COMPILED." paragraph! . Let me test ... . It does
compile! Why? Let's look at the LRM.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3lr50/3.1.6
<quote>
The comment-entry in any of the optional paragraphs can be any combination of
characters from the character set of the computer. The comment-entry is written
in Area B on one or more lines.
The paragraph name DATE-COMPILED and any comment-entry associated with it
appear in the source code listing with the current date inserted. For example:
DATE-COMPILED. 11/30/07.
Comment-entries serve only as documentation; they do not affect the meaning of
the program. A hyphen in the indicator area (column 7) is not permitted in
comment-entries.
</quote>
So, everything after the "DATE-COMPILED." and in area B is ignored as a
comment. The code certainly matches that description. Does this conform to the
ANSI standards for COBOL? I don't know and won't pay $30.00 for a copy of the
standards in a PDF document. I likely wouldn't understand them anyway. Likely
as readable and understandable as the IRS tax codes.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:03 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
>
> 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:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of McKown, John
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:53 AM
> To: [email protected]
> 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?
>
>
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