Re: [open-cobol-list] 60 character identifiers

[Patrick]

Hi Vince

The change in the allowable length is part of the Cobol 2002 standard.

Please see here:

http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jni/courses/ProgrammignInCobol/presentation/ch02.ppt

Please go to slide 32 of 35

I have written a bit of OO in several languages and all I have ever used 
was singleton classes. I don't really think I need full blown objection 
orientation. Cobol 85 already has facilities for code reuse and code 
layouts that allow code to be private or public. I would however like to 
use naming conventions that show relationships and I am worried I will 
run out of space with 30 characters.

Thanks for responding to my post-Patrick



On 12/03/13 08:00 PM, vince wrote:
> > For my needs 30 character identifier are just fine for variables.
> > However I would like to simulate an object oriented approach and I want
> > to use very long file names, for example:
> >
> > parent-child-private-doSomething.cob
> > parent-child-public-dosomethingElse.cob
> > etc
> >      
> Now some good news and some bad  ..
>
> Good:
> In Linux and Windows for that matter you can have long file names
>
>    
> > Is there a way to set the limit to 60?
> >
> > I am about 3-6 months away from being able to contribute to open Cobol
> > development, have to learn Cobol first and read up on Bison, Flex and
> > Autotools but I could try to tackle this if this is a good 2002 feature
> > to implement.
> >      
> Bad:
> Cobol has intrinsic limits for a range of variables that was set/created in
> the 50's.
>
> Increasing it would LIMIT the compilers/platforms that are used to migrate an
> existing source program that did not conform to a reasonable level of the
> Cobol standards.
>
> Good:
> There is an organisation based in the USA that has members around the world
> that have an interest in redefining and creating updates to the Cobol standard.
>
>
> So, ask a representative on that board that is based near to you and it just
> might happen.
>
> See the manual STD.BK.pdf which you can get via:
>
> http://applewoodbbs.mine.nu/files/Cobol-Dev/
>
> This was the latest proposed standard but it might now be updated,
>
> Again.
>
> Vince
>
>
>
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