DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... snip And I can't figure out why they made that change, since DBCS is, supposedly, on its eventual way out, to be replaced by NATIONAL (Unicode). Any idea why the default was changed? Especially since the vast majority

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
I think you're confusing the DBCS value of the NSYMBOL option with the DBCS option. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DBCS

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Imbriale, Donald (Exchange) wrote: I think you're confusing the DBCS value of the NSYMBOL option with the DBCS option. Well, it certainly is confusing. But I tried to make it clear what I was saying is choosing the NATIONAL value for the NSYMBOL option forces on the DBCS option. And it still

DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Bill Klein
OK, to explain ... *ALL* the DBCS (or NODBCS) compiler option does is to determine how X'0E' and X'0D' are treated when they appear WITHIN an alphanumeric literal. When it is turned on, then they are treated as SHIFT-OUT/IN control characters (and this may be shifting to Unicode *or* to

Re: DBCS as the default (was: Fw: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)

2005-06-22 Thread Steve Comstock
Bill Klein wrote: OK, to explain ... *ALL* the DBCS (or NODBCS) compiler option does is to determine how X'0E' and X'0D' are treated when they appear WITHIN an alphanumeric literal. When it is turned on, then they are treated as SHIFT-OUT/IN control characters (and this may be shifting to