Type mismatch not being caught at compile time...

So I think I have a type mismatch that should be caught at compile time
that isn't. The code has worked for sometime now and we just discovered
what we thing "should" have been a compile error. Source compiles fine,
program runs and acts "as expected". The problem comes in with a logical
being used.

Field Defs.
QuoteNumber 9a
ItemNumber 15a
Quantity 11s 3


The logical is OEBOML1 with the following key...
OQUOTE 6a
OPROD 15a
OPQTY 11s 3
OSEQ 3s 0
OERQT 9a
OQTLN 3s 0

OQUOTE is the first 6 characters of the QuoteNumber - anyway... I have
this statement....

setll (QuoteNumber:ItemNumber:Quantity) oeboml1;
reade (QuoteNumber:ItemNumber:Quantity) oeboml1;
dow not %eof(oeboml1);

What I'm thinking is that I should get a compile error since QuoteNumber
is 9a, not 6a. Shouldn't this be a key mismatch error?

But it doesn't error out. And, on top of that, when I run the code it
acts a I would "want" it to and finds the quotes properly.... at least as
far as I can tell....

I'm really stumped as to why this "works".... any thoughts?


Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
570-546-4777
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