type-subcomponents without specific datatype specification

Former Member — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:19:09 GMT

Hello,

I am currently working myself into some legacy code and found a types definition where some of the subcomponents do not have a specific datatype declaration. The code looks something like this:

types: begin of my_new_type,
       a_date type d,
       comp_1(10),
       comp_2(2),
      end of my_new_type.

The confusing parts for me are comp_1 and comp_2. I would guess they are defined as type C implicitly. However, I wonder how such a definition is valid in a strongly typed programming language.

Regards

Sebastian

Re: type-subcomponents without specific datatype specification

retired_member — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:52:39 GMT

This is simply the old fashioned and obsolete way of writing

... comp1 TYPE c LENGTH 10

The result is the same.

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