Re: Key Names Not Known in Nested Programs

[Simon Sobisch]

Fixed and checked in with revision r4270 [1] - thanks again @Charles for
providing the bug report and test case.

Simon

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/code/4270

Am 14.05.2021 um 09:44 schrieb Simon Sobisch:
> Thank you for the bug report. GnuCOBOL was wrong here, the standard
> explicit says under "scope of record-key-names":
>
>  > The record-key-name defined by a SOURCE phrase in the ALTERNATE
> RECORD KEY clause [...] is global if the GLOBAL clause is specified in
> the file description entry for that file
>
> This has to be added in cobc/tree.c (finalize_file), I'm going to commit
> the fix soon and the bugfix will be available in GnuCOBOL 3.2.
>
> Thanks for pointing that out and providing the good test case,
> Simon
>
> Am 22.03.2021 um 19:44 schrieb Charlie Anderson:
> > See attached "NestedKeyBut.CBL".
> >
> > Example is code which a key name compiles OK in the base program but
> > causes one syntax error in the nested program. Strangely, only the first
> > occurrence of the use of a key name in the nested program is reported as
> > an error " 'People-NameKey' is not defined ".
> >
> > I have used the key name syntax in earlier COBOL 1985/89 implementations
> > extensively and it is very useful.
> >
> > Charles T. Anderson