SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph

Function

The SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph provides a means of

1. relating system-names to mnemonic-names specified by the user

2. relating alphabet-names to character sets and/or collating sequences

3. defining symbolic names for characters

4. relating class-names to character sets

5. supplying a character which is to be used as the currency sign in picture-strings

6. exchanging the functions of the comma and the decimal point in picture-strings and in numeric literals.

Format

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SPECIAL-NAMES.
[	[implementor-name	{ IS mnemonic-name-1 [ON STATUS IS condition-name-1                          [OFF STATUS IS condition-name-2]] | IS mnemonic-name-2 [OFF STATUS IS condition-name-2                          [ON STATUS IS condition-name-1]] | ON STATUS IS condition-name-1                      [OFF STATUS IS condition-name-2] | OFF STATUS IS condition-name-2                      [ON STATUS IS condition-name-1] }
	]...
	[[ARGUMENT-NUMBER IS mnemonic-name-3]  [ARGUMENT-VALUE IS mnemonic-name-4]  [ENVIRONMENT-NAME IS mnemonic-name-5]  [ENVIRONMENT-VALUE IS mnemonic-name-6] ]

	[ALPHABET alphabet-name-1 IS	{ STANDARD-1 | STANDARD-2 | NATIVE | EBCDIC | {literal-1 [ {THROUGH | THRU} literal-2                {ALSO literal-3}... ]}... }
	]...
	[SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS { {symbolic-character-1}... {IS | ARE} {integer-1}... }... [IN alphabet-name-2] ]... [CLASS class-name IS { literal-4 [{THROUGH | THRU} literal-5] }... ]... [CURRENCY SIGN IS literal-6] [DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA].
]

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Syntax rules

1. In a class definition, only the CURRENCY SIGN clause may be specified in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph.

2. In an interface definition, only the ALPHABET, CURRENCY SIGN and DECIMAL-POINT clauses may be used in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph.

3. The words THROUGH and THRU are equivalent.

4. The following rules apply to literal-1 to literal-5:

   1. If the literals are numeric, they must be unsigned integers with a value from 1 to 256.

   2. If the literals are alphanumeric and associated with the THROUGH, THRU or ALSO phrase, each literal must be one character long.

   3. The literals must not specify a symbolic-character figurative constant.

General rule

1. The individual clauses of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph must, if they are used, be specified in the order given in the format.

The individual clauses of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph are described below.