Additional comment inline below. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Ross Sent: Friday, July 12, 2024 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Packed Decimal -- Extended(?)
<Snipped> As for DFP, users have been taking advanatge of DFP in COBOL programs since COBOL 5.1 in 2013, Basd on ARCH the compiler decides whether to use packed- decimal, DFP, or Vector Packed Decimal instructions to do arithmetic. All well and good, but COBOL programmers still cannot code a variable field with USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-6 (or -7 or -8) for the various flavors of DFP values (single, double, extended). Just because the compiler can choose to use DFP to implement a COMPUTE does not mean that COBOL is providing full access to the DFP capabilities should a customer have the business case to need them. Mind you, I don't have a business case I could quote to require that capability, but I can envision that others might. Peter This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
