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[open-cobol-list] XPG as a "dialect"
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Bill Klein |
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[open-cobol-list] XPG as a "dialect" |
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Sun Feb 13 13:27:13 2005 |
This is a follow-up to the "Micro Focus argument-number = 1" discussion.
I don't know if anyone has already suggested (or looked at) providing "XPG4"
dialect support.
Some of the Micro Focus extensions are implementations of the X/Open "CAE"
specifications. These extensions (unlike many of the other MF extensions)
are common to all of the Unix (and many PC) compilers that claim X/Open or
XPG conformance.
Furthermore, the full (1991) X/Open CAE is available for download for free
from:
http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c192.htm
The only "question" that I would raise is how much effort "open-cobol"
should spend on the XPG4 "internationalization" support. All of it is
available in X/Open conforming compilers, but the newer ANSI/ISO '02 support
is MUCH fuller and more useful.
P.S. Personally, I am AGAINST the Micro Focus ability to specify *multiple*
dialects at the same time, so I would say that XPG4 and MF support should be
mutually exclusive for a single compile - even though specifying MF
(probably) includes all the XPG4 support (or will some day).
P.S. Sorry if this is already in OC or has been discussed. I keep trying
to find out how to figure out what IS (and is not) already in the OC
compiler but haven't yet figured out where/how to get this information.
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