Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] FW: MOVE 2002

[Tim J. <te...@me...>]

As I read it you cannot specify a signed number for an unsigned
data item. But a signed data item can have an unsigned number. 

But then again I am hopeless at reading standards.

Tim Josling

"William M. Klein" wrote:
> 
> Tim,
>  Sorry for not getting back to you sooner on this.  I believe that you are
> correct that this is "underspecified" in the FCD.  There is no way to
> determine HOW MANY "leading zeroes" are in the USAGE BINARY-LONG item before
> its "conversion" which makes the "alignment rules" impossible to figure out.
> It is clear that the "signed" phrase is "ignored" - but that doesn't really
> answer your question.
> 
> I plan on including this in my (last) Public Review comment - but you may
> want to include it as well.
> 
> P.S.  I haven't checked it - but your "VALUE" clause for V1 may not be
> "conforming".  I can't remember if you can have an unsigned VALUE clause for
> a USAGE BINARY-LONG SIGNED data item or not.  However, that wouldn't
> "change" the impact of your question.
>