The
spacesZero build
descriptor option specifies
whether the generated program includes extra code to process numeric
variables
that are filled with spaces. The specific situation concerns variables
that
have the following characteristics:
- Were declared in EGL with
primitive type NUM or NUMC
- Can receive spaces, as when the
variable is subordinate to a structure
item of type CHAR
The spacesZero build
descriptor option has no
effect on variables that receive a combination of spaces and other
characters.
Values
- NO (the
default value)
- Does not include the extra code necessary to
interpret the spaces as zeros.
NO is appropriate if you are sure that no NUM or NUMC variables in
the program
will ever receive spaces. NO is the default because the code is more
efficient
at run time.
- YES
- Include extra
code to avoid an abend when a NUM or NUMC variable containing
spaces is processed in a program or function script. The variable
is treated
as if the spaces were zeros.