Re: Ping: Pete Dashwood

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:28:53 -0500, SeaSideSam <Sam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ref: http://primacomputing.co.nz/cobdata

in "robert's original code" some pic clauses have periods following and
others don't. the compiler must handle this okay.
-snip-
. 10 layout-type pic x(01)
. 88 type-binary value 'b'
. 88 type-packed value 'p'
. 10 layout-redefines-name pic x(31).
. 10 layout-redefines-stack.
. 15 layout-redefines-depth binary pic s9(02).
. 15 layout-redefines-entry occurs 10 binary pic s9(04).

. procedure division.

I'm embarrassed. It's fixed now.

you two seemed to get this done in a very short time. would this be
typical?

It would have been faster if our longitudes/time zones were closer. Also, if we had used
collabortion tools better than email.

not to nitpick; but... ever since i've had a tp monitor on my desk (at
work or at home) with the capability of running a compile and having the
listing available at my desk within moments i have had a dummy program
available where i 'copy' the data structure i'm working with, compile,
and get offset and displacement info directly from the compiler listing.
worked for me.

Why do you need offsets? I've needed them only once, when creating a record description
for ODBC access to flat files.
.

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