Am 25.07.2017 um 22:31 schrieb Cameron Conacher:
Hello Tom,
Clearly I phrased things incorrectly.
I meant exactly that old compiler versions raised the warning message to
the effect that the VALUE IS clause was being ignored, if the VALUE IS
clause was present in the LINKAGE Section.
However, this is now treated as a hard compiler error in COBOL 6.1
No, a correct VALUE clause in the LINKAGE section is not an error
with the new compiler. It is legal and good code, no warning.
Only BAD VALUE clauses (for example: character values for numeric data)
are now errors, which were not detected in prior releases, because
the whole VALUE clause was treated as a comment (in the LINKAGE section).
This is BETTER than before (hidden errors now are detected).
IMO, there is no need to complain.
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