[open-cobol-list] Re: File io.

[Roger While]

See below -
> see below
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 1) ALTERNATE KEY.
> > The COBOL standard (85 and 2002) only
> > allows one data item to be specified.
>
> True for '85; not true for '02.
>   See "SOURCE IS" syntax, starting on page 210 and more detail on 217.

Indeed, I missed that. Raises an interesting question -
"record-key-name-1" is a conceptual item which is the
concatenation of the specified data items.
Can "record-key-name-1" be used as the subject or
object of Cobol verbs (ie. outside of it's defined usage in
READ and START) ?


> NOTE:
>   Both Screen Section (extended Accept/Display)
>         and
>   File Sharing/Record Locking
>
> are in the "processor dependent" list of the '02 Standard. This means that a
> "fully conforming" compiler need NOT support them.  (However, porting from
> any X/Open conforming compiler will be EXTREMELY difficult)

Yes, you can say that again !

Roger