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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