Re: AIX Cobol II and Packed Decimal fields



> Rather than using the RECORDING MODE V (IBM extension),

Testing with Fujitsu shows that can be left off and it still notices
that the record is variable.

> Record Varying in Size from n to n Depending on WS-Item.

Moving Alf-Count into WS works too. Using 'record varying' implies
that one would have to use the number of bytes to determine record size
while ODO only needs the number of recurring items.

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