NEXT SENTENCE & END-IF different in OPM and ILE COBOL

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxx]

I've lost the reference to the original poster of this message so I'll have to
send this to the list.

The reply I got from COBOL development acknowledges that the ILE COBOL behavior
is the correct one.  They believe that the original error in OPM may have been
caused by the retrofit of END-IF to the compiler when moving to ANSI '85 when
the 400 first came out in '88.  Because they can't "fix" this kind of bug due to
compatibility issues (i.e. existing programs would screw up when recompiled)
they would like to issue an information APAR and possibly document the
incompatibility.

To do this it would be much easier if the original customer reporting the
problem to this list would report it to IBM support.  I know this sounds silly,
but it's the best way to ensure that all of the support databases get updated
with the information.

So - could you please contact IBM support and if they make life difficult refer
them to Ian Johnstone of the COBOL team in Toronto.


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