Re: DIR and POS

Hello Leif,

I suspect COBOL's REDEFINES statement (at least for OPM COBOL) is probably
using DEF and POS.  It would be nice to be able to reset the next byte
count but our chances of getting much MI enhancement are a little remote
now.

There is a RESET directive that changes the current SPC used by DIR
statements but it doesn't alter the next byte count.

Perhaps you can toss together a pre-pocessor addition that rebuilds the
structure the way you want.  It could calculate the DEF and POS values --
you keep using DIR.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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