Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Bugs in DISPLAY

[Hudson R. <hud...@so...>]

Hi Boris,

> Number 1 makes sense.  Without the closing quote mark, the token continues
> until the end of the file.  What behavior were you expecting?

I expect the compiler should be a error, but this message "scanner token to large" is very strange to the user.

> I have always created a screen of literals in WORKING-STORAGE rather than
> using a DISPLAY <literal> format.  There are a few reasons for this: i)
> depending on the screen size (ROWxCOL) one can pretty easily lay out the
> screen so that it is easily viewable in WORKING-STORAGE as what you expect
> to see on the screen after the DISPLAY [an early wysiwyg :)]; ii)
> reusability, you may find a use for different parts of the screen at some
> later point; iii) maintainability, just easier for me to maintain my
> ewysiwyg.

Well, I think good your way to use a screen. If it doesn't bother you, could you send me a simple example? 

Thanks 
Hudson