Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] The same error - only different :)

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

On Thursday 11 August 2005 07:20 am, Jim Morcombe wrote:
> A Copybook by the name of "RGHELP-IO-WS" has caused the compiler to
> crash with the usual "Segmentation Error".  However, where the other
> problems disappeared when I changed the names of the copybooks, this one
> did not.  No matter what name I give the copybook, the compiler still
> crashes.
>
> However, if I edit the copybook and comment out a line at random, the
> compiler works.
>
> In the code below, I have commented out the definition for the variable
> "QGH-SUB-SCREEN-NO" in order to get the program to compile.  However, if
> I comment out the definition for "QGH-SCREEN-NO" or
> "MAX-SCREEN-CONTENTS" then the program will also compile.
>
> Note that none of these three variables are actually used in the
> program.  These are redundant lines of code and need not be there.

Is it possible that too many dashes in a copybook name or even
an internal name causes the problem?
-- 
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