On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:07:39 +0100
Simon Sobisch wrote:
> This gives three reference-formats: "fixed" "free" and "extended". For
> two of those we have seen the flags -ffixed-form and -ffree-form, so
> I'd _guess_ the last one would be -fextended-form.
>
> Question: Is there a reason to have mul
Am 17.03.2025 um 18:25 schrieb James K. Lowden:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:07:39 +0100
Simon Sobisch wrote:
This gives three reference-formats: "fixed" "free" and "extended". For
two of those we have seen the flags -ffixed-form and -ffree-form, so
I'd _guess_ the last one would be -fextended-fo
> Fixed-form, known as "reference format", is still more-or-less
> required by IBM. Forced in gcobol with the option "-ffixed-form".
> Can be controlled inside a source code file with the compiler
> directive ">> SOURCE FORMAT IS FREE"
>
> Columns 1-6 ignored
> Column7 * for comment, - for
