Hi Tom... I have a question based on a comment you made to Itzchak. You said:
"None specifically for the VS COBOL II modules. OTOH, when recompiling with > COBOL V5 we recommend a lot of testing, because it can reveal hidden invalid > COBOL programs. These programs could have been invalid for 20 or 30 years, > but each new release generated the same instructions so hte behavior was > the same. With COBOL V5, these bad programs might start getting the wrong > answers. So, for every program recompiled with COBOL V5 we recommend > thorough regression testing." I'm aware of the issue with the SEARCH ALL verb and the issue (described in Appendix G) about the wrong length record being flagged now in COBOL 5. Are there other issues that would force significant regression testing over and above normal testing? Is your comment primarily for programs last compiled with VS COBOL II? Thanks in advance. Dave Kartzman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
