Re: [open-cobol-list] Returning clause in procedure division

[Bill Klein]

What the '02 Standard defines (having RETURNING in the Procedure Division
header) was a relatively late enhancement and was NOT something in any of
the (many) compilers that had the "returning" concept (and allowed it in a
CALL statement) - when the '02 Standard was approved.

It certainly SHOULD be allowed there by any compiler conforming to the '02
Standard, but it is NOT needed for any compiler that is simply trying to
"match" the common extension to the '85 Standard. 

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> Behalf Of David Essex
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> Subject: [open-cobol-list] Returning clause in procedure division
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> While the RETURNING clause is allowed in the CALL statement, 
> it seams to
> be missing from the 'PROCEDURE DIVISION'.
> 
> Doesn't the COBOL 2002 standard define the following ?
> 
> CALL [ using-phrase ] [ RETURNING data-name-2 ]
> 
> PROCEDURE DIVISION [ using-phrase ] [ RETURNING data-name-2 ] ...
> 
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