Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:38:17 GMT, "William M. Klein"
<wmklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The only time that there is a "difference in logic flow" is when you MIX old
COBOL (with NEXT SENTENCE) *with* scope terminators (END-IF or whatever).
Therefore, if you are worried about "base of code" BUT are using newer compiler,
then feel "safe" in changing NEXT SENTENCE to CONTINUE.

Since my compiler allows such mixing - a bit of thinking is necessary
before such conversion.

Another place where CONTINUE is useful is replacing the exit command.
This facilitates the "D" in column 6 for debugging:

2000-READ-EXIT.
EXIT.

vs.
2000-READ-EXIT.
D DISPLAY "reached end of read paragraph".
CONTINUE.


My new code doesn't contain exit paragraphs, but when I maintain, I
try not to rewrite.
.

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