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Re: COBOL EVALUATE statement
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 06:47:01 -0500
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Wayne R. Boyer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: This all started with someone's
: big nested IF structure reaching the compiler's limit.  I wonder if we have
: similar EVALUATE limits....

When we implemented EVALUATE, we bypassed the parser IF expression limits
so that we could have unlimited WHENs.

Of course, if an expression was just as complex, that would cause problems.

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