SIGN-FIXUP

Restriction: This directive is supported in native COBOL only.

Provides limited emulation of mainframe compiler options NUMPROC(NOPFD) and NUMPROC(PFD) for MOVE and COMPARE statements.

Warning: This directive can adversely affect the performance of generated code.

Syntax:

 >>-.---.-.----.--SIGN-FIXUP------------------><  
    +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:	NOSIGN-FIXUP
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Initial

Comments:

The effect of this directive is as follows:

SIGN-FIXUP provides a limited emulation of the mainframe compiler option NUMPROC(NOPFD) when using the HOST-NUMCOMPARE and HOST-NUMMOVE directives. It is not possible to provide a complete emulation of NUMPROC(NOPFD) behavior.
NOSIGN-FIXUP provides emulation of the mainframe compiler option NUMPROC(PFD) when using the HOST-NUMCOMPARE and HOST-NUMMOVE directives.

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