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Compiler Directives

The following Compiler directives are new in this release:
EOF-1A
Treats a 0x1a character in the source file as the end of file.
NLS-CURRENCY-LENGTH
Specifies the number of bytes to allocate for the currency symbol in a PIC field.
NULL-ESCAPE
Treats a 0x00 character in the source file as an escape character for other non-printable characters in the source code.

The following Compiler directives contain new parameters in this release:

DBSPACE
The new parameter 'MIXED' extends the DBSPACE directive to be able to evaluate data items in programs that contain a mix of single-byte and double-byte strings.
Parent topic: New Features in Visual COBOL 2.3
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EOF-1A
NULL-ESCAPE
DBSPACE
JVMDECIMAL
NLS CURRENCY LENGTH
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