Problem:
In the documentation the Dialect COBOL370 and OS390 show the compiler option HOST-NUMCOMPARE
To expand on the the meaning of the following associated directives...
HOST-NUMCOMPARE"1"
HOST-NUMCOMPARE"2"
NOHOST-NUMCOMPARE
HOST-NUMCOMPARE
Resolution:
HOST-NUMCOMPARE is actually the same as HOST-NUMCOMPARE"2"...
HOST-NUMCOMPARE"1" is an earlier version and is deliberately no longer documented. It is still supported for some customers who came to rely on its semantics, however support for HOST-NUMCOMPARE(1) may be withdrawn in a future product.
All new code that wants compatibility with IBM mainframe for comparisons should use HOST-NUMCOMPARE.
NO HOST-NUMCOMPARE is the default setting.
Old KB# 5328
