COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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Procedure names in a program (COBOL85 compiler only)

The default maximum number of procedure names (paragraph names and section

names) in a program is approximately 1K. You can change the default with the

PARAM SYMBOL-BLOCKS command (see PARAM SYMBOL-BLOCKS).

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Records

External (COBOL85 compiler only)

A record (or file) that has the EXTERNAL attribute belongs to the run unit itself,

and is available to any program in the run unit that declares it consistently.

Up to 24 Extended-Storage Section records can have the EXTERNAL

attribute. Each such record consumes 2 units of allocation. Call the number of

such records actually used N.

The allocation units remaining for EXTERNAL records of Working-Storage

Section, EXTERNAL records of File Section, and the EXTERNAL files

associated with those records is:

240 - ( 2 * N )

Each Working-Storage Section EXTERNAL record (together with any

redefinitions of it) consumes one unit of allocation. Each File-Section

EXTERNAL file consumes one unit of allocation for its record area (together

with any redefinitions of it).

Internal

There is no explicit limit on the number of internal records (records that do not

have the EXTERNAL attribute) in a main program, a called program, or a run

unit.

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Receivers

In an INITIALIZE Statement

The maximum number of receivers in an INITIALIZE statement is 127.

In a MOVE statement

The maximum number of receivers in a MOVE statement is 255.

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References to level-88 condition-names in a program (NMCOBOL only)

A condition-name can be defined in the Environment Division (associated with an

external switch) or in the Data Division (as a level-88 item). The Procedure Division

of a program can have a maximum of 32,767 references to level-88 condition-

names. There is no limit to the number of references to condition-names for

external switches.

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Subjects in an EVALUATE statement

The maximum number of receivers in an EVALUATE statement is 127.