>The V6.2 Language Reference Manual on page 60 says this about using identic= >al names in nested programs:=20 > >"Identical names >When programs are directly or indirectly contained within other programs, e= >ach program can use identical >user-defined words to name resources. >A program references the resources that program describes rather than the s= >ame-named resources >described in another program, even if the names are different types of user= >-defined words."
This passage only refers to names that are identical between 2 nested programs. In your case you have a name in the containing program, which is global to all nested programs, being identical to a name in a nested program. Cheers, TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
