Makes the Compiler accept characters of the Double-byte Character Set (DBCS) for use in ideographic languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
>>-.---.-.-------DBCS-"integer"-.--------->< A-/-+ +.----.-DBCS-----------+ +-NO-+
integer | One of:
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Default: | DBCS"3" (DIALECT DIALECT |
Phase: | Syntax check |
$SET: | Initial |
Set to DBCS"2" immediately by SAA, VSC2"2", VSC2"3" or MF"7".
Set to DBCS"3" immediately by COBOL370 or MF"integer" where integer > 7.