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Re: [Bug-GnuCOBOL] [Bugs] Redefining a redefinition and misleading error
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J Leslie Turriff |
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Re: [Bug-GnuCOBOL] [Bugs] Redefining a redefinition and misleading error message |
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Tue, 3 Jul 2018 14:05:49 -0500 |
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On 2018-07-02 12:42:27 Martin Ward wrote:
> I don't know if redefining a redefine is allowed in standard COBOL:
> but the second message is definitely incorrect. FOO and BAR
> are both 725 bytes long.
Jus out of curiosity? what happens if you code
| 03 BAR-DEF-1 REDEFINES FOO.
instead of
| 03 BAR-DEF-1 REDEFINES BAR.
AFAIR, redefining the original used to be the requirement.
Leslie