[Tiny-cobol-users] Parse error on blank cards.

[John R. C. <jo...@we...>]

I have narrowed down my parse error to the following
circumstance. When I create a template program for COBOL
I cannot include the following: 
000150 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
000160 FILE-CONTROL.

Unless I also include at least one SELECT statement. In other
words the following causes an error:

000070 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
000080 
000090 CONFIGURATION SECTION.
000100 SOURCE-COMPUTER.   Linux.
000120 OBJECT-COMPUTER.   Linux.
000140 
000150 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
000160 FILE-CONTROL.
000170  
000180 DATA DIVISION.

... but the following does not:

000070 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
000080 
000090 CONFIGURATION SECTION.
000100 SOURCE-COMPUTER.   Linux.
000120 OBJECT-COMPUTER.   Linux.
000140 
000150 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
000160 FILE-CONTROL.
000170     SELECT PRINTFILE ASSIGN TO PRINTER.
000180 DATA DIVISION.
000190

In the latter case the absence of a matching FD statement does
not cause an error.

OTOH OpenCobol allows the first configuration without complaint.
I like that better.  
-- 
John Culleton