Enables the INITIALIZE statement to initialize DATA-POINTER, OBJECT-REFERENCE, and PROGRAM-POINTER data types.
Note: This directive is supported for native COBOL only.
Syntax:
>>-.---.-.----.--INITPTR---------------><
+-/-+ +-NO-+
Properties:
| Default:
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INITPTR
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| Phase:
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Syntax check
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| $SET:
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Initial
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Comments:
When INITPTR is set, an INITIALIZE statement will move specified values to DATA-POINTER, OBJECT-REFERENCE, and PROGRAM-POINTER data types.
If NOINITPTR is set, an INITIALIZE statement will not change the values of these data types.
INITPTR is on by default for MF15 and ISO2002 and off by default for mainframe dialects