ANS85Enables check-time and run-time behavior consistent with the specified dialect.
>>--.---.----DIALECT--"dialect"-----------><
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| dialect | The dialect to use; see below |
| Default: | DIALECT"MF" |
| Phase: | Check |
| $SET: | Initial |
Depending on the setting of dialect, various other Compiler directives are set by default.
dialect can have one of the following values. When you set dialect various other Compiler directives are set; click on a value to display a list.
The settings SAA1 and SAA2 are also available; use these for backward compatibility purposes only.
Note: Under your COBOL development system, the DIALECT directive does not set the AMODE directive. To provide compatability with mainframe style pointers, you will need to set AMODE to the appropriate storage format.