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#429 -febcdic-table: option to specify conversion table via trnaslation table files

GC 3.x
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2023-01-25
2023-01-23
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After GC 3.2rc-1 got released, we found that the newly hard-wired collations are incomplete and also got back to the "old" request of allowing users to easily adjust / add collation tables via files.

This issue is about tracking the actual changes and spec (and provide a FR reference for the ChangeLogs).
Note: Also related to [feature-requests:#426], which won't be handled completely in 3.2.

Things to do:

  • replace newly added conversion tables by files, installed in "config"; potentially adding additional ones "as useful"
  • reading of the translation tables ".ttbl" should be done similar to the configuration files in common.c (in a later version there should be a refactoring to combine the code)
  • as with the "old" -febcdic-table: the tables are processed by libcob, but used in cobc; it is made available in libcob to be usable for other software that operates with libcob (for example GCSORT)
  • document the adjusted option febcdic-table and file format in gnucobol.texi

I expect to release rc-2 with some minor fixes and this adjustment shortly after it is available.

Related

Wish List: #426

Discussion

  • Simon Sobisch

    Simon Sobisch - 2023-01-25
    • status: accepted --> closed
     
  • Simon Sobisch

    Simon Sobisch - 2023-01-25

    Implemented with [r4959]

     

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    Commit: [r4959]


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