Re: cobol array editing output

From: Chuck Stevens (charles.stevens_at_unisys.com)
Date: 12/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:00:48 -0800

I mistyped. To Judson McClendon's .

> > However,the compiler must generate code to convert between
> > subscript and offset when a SET or compare is done between integer and
> > index data items.

I responded

> I think you mean integers and index-names in standard-speak. ...
> The results of comparing a number ... against an index-name
> are undefined.

That should have been

> I think you mean integers and index-names in standard-speak. ...
> The results of comparing a number ... against an index data item
> are undefined.

Index data items -- i.e., items declared USAGE IS INDEX -- are of limited
utility, IMHO.

    -Chuck Stevens

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