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about Fillers.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:36 pm
by gokulNmf
Hi,
in cobol we use fillers as a variable for the some symbols and constant in a group variable
instead of giving a varibale name. why should we use a filler as a var name instead of a varibale name :? , is there any performance increase?

Thanks in Advance

Re: about Fillers.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:20 am
by dick scherrer
Hello,

FILLER is used so that a name is not needed. A name typically implies the field will be referenced in the code. A filler will not be referenced as it has no name.

There is no execution performance difference.

Re: about Fillers.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:31 pm
by gokulNmf
THANKS DICK..

Re: about Fillers.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:57 am
by dick scherrer
You're welcome :)

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