[open-cobol-list] To correct OpenCOBOL 1.1 Programmers Guide page 5-2 ?

[Fred Mobach]

Hello,

While reading time and again the OpenCOBOL 1.1 Programmers Guide 
paragraph 5.1. FD - File Description I question now if in the RECORD 
clause the entry [ FROM integer-5 [ TO integer-6 ] CHARACTERS is indeed 
optional. So I tested both options (according to diff :
25c25
<            characters
---
>            from 4 to 256 characters
and the program without the FROM ... to  ... entry results in an error 
message at runtime:
libcob: Record overflow (STATUS = 44) File : 'outfile'

N.B. The same program without the entry FROM integer-5 [ TO 
integer-6 ]CHARACTERS results in the same runtime error message sited 
above.
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