Microsoft KB Archive/31222

Exceeding Symbol-Table Space in Version 2.2, but Not in 2.1

PSS ID Number: Q31222 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: There are cases in which COBOL programs that compiled successfully under Version 2.1 appear to run out of compiler-symbol table space when compiled under Version 2.2. To work around this problem, do the following: 1. Modularize to reduce the size of the compiled module by introducing CALLs and CHAINs to other COBOL programs. 2. Shorten variable names and paragraph/section labels. This is a known problem in Version 2.2. The problem is not known to be a problem in versions 3.0.

Additional reference words: 2.20 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.