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The DG Directive
Your DG Interactive COBOL source programs may contain:
* DG Interactive COBOL syntax which is not found in the standard
Micro Focus COBOL language
* DG Interactive COBOL syntax which is found in Micro Focus COBOL,
but has a different interpretation at run time.
In either case you must specify the DG directive when you submit such
source programs to this COBOL system. Your COBOL System Reference
contains full details on how to set such system directives.
Your Language Reference - Additional Topics contains the DG syntax which
is not found in the standard Micro Focus COBOL language. When you set
the DG directive, the DG syntax is enabled in the Micro Focus COBOL
language.
Features which are syntactically the same as Micro Focus COBOL features
but have different behavior at run time, are described in the following
sections of this chapter. Unless you set the DG directive at the time
the object code is produced, this syntax behaves in the standard Micro
Focus COBOL manner, as documented in your Language Reference. You do not
need to amend DG Interactive COBOL source programs which contain these
features, but if you try to submit them to this COBOL system without
setting the DG directive they may not behave as you expect.