Cobol - Re: CONSTANT ENTRY (was "forward" references (was: COBOL subscript range c

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Re: CONSTANT ENTRY (was "forward" references (was: COBOL subscript range c

William M. Klein

2007-08-28, 9:55 pm

"Roger While" <simrw@sim-basis.de> wrote in message
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<snip>
> Incidentally a GLOBAL CONSTANT is somewhat different
> in that it has to abide by the GLOBAL constraint.
> ie. This is only possible to refernce backwards.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger
>
Roger,
I see where a GLOBAL constant *MAY* be referenced after it is defined, but I
don't see where it is prohibited from being used BEFORE it is defined (as long
as it is defined at the "same" level of program nesting).

Can you show me where you think there is a constraint otherwise?

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Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com

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