Re: [open-cobol-list] CVS updated (3)

[Bernard Giroud]

That seems fine, except maybe one point: the reordering of fields
in the cob_file struct in fileio.h.

It means that ALL programs MUST be recompiled and (relinked
if static) against the newer libcob.

I wonder if we could not add a version identification in such
structures and let the runtime check the availability of new
features before using them.

Drawbacks:
1) Incompatible the first time
2) More time spent at execution.

Or at least keep a note for the next release pointing to that
incompatible change.

Your opinion ?

Bernard Giroud
Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) SA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger While" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: [open-cobol-list] CVS updated (3)


> 
> CVS updated.
> Always activate I/O exceptions.
> 
> Case 1 : FILE STATUS is defined.
> Do not terminate and do not print the exception.
> Case 2 : FILE STATUS is not defined :
> Print the exception and exit the execution
> (at the moment with return status 1. We maybe could
> /should return the actual status to allow scripts to check).
> 
> Any USE declaratives for the file will be executed prior to following
> the above rules.
> 
> Roger 
> 



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