Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] yacc/bison question

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

Matthew,

I would prefer to leave out anything that is not in the COBOL 85
standard at this stage. Building a cobol 85 compiler is big
enough. I have had my fingers burned in the past doing
extensions. If you do add any other features, please make sure it
does not break any legal cobol 85 programs (eg by adding new
keywords that cannot be turned off).

Tim Josling

Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> 
> On 11 Jun 2001 13:53:04 -0500, William M. Klein wrote:
> > FYI - even in the draft COBOL Standard "file-sharing/record-locking" is in
> > the Processor Dependent list.  Therefore, I would suggest (?) that it be
> > placed in the "later" category, and that any work on 200x features
> > concentrate on those features that are REQUIRED (at least first).
> >
> 
> Very true, and I will be marking much as RSN.  I just wanted to get the
> grammar itself as complete as possible.
> --
> Matthew Vanecek
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