asm.RecordClassGenerator - B field generation error

[JohnMcKown]

Me again. I've found two problems with fields which are "B" fields. The following works well:

VAR DS BL2

But the following generates invalid code:

VAR DS 8BL2

It generates:

private byte[][] = new byte[]]VAR_num];

I think it should generate

private byte[][] = new byte[2][VAR_num];

Or maybe?

private byte[][] - new byte[VAR_num][2];

Also the following causes a Java exception:

VAR DS BL.1

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John McKown

[dovetail]

John,

Thanks for reporting this. Despite our testing, I suspect that the assembler generator has not been put through its paces as much as the Cobol version. Your bug reports will help us to make it a better tool.

[JohnMcKown]

Glad to help. I seem to have a Xanthian (fantasy series of books) magical talent for finding bugs. They come out to greet me like I was a long lost love. Or maybe I just do more weird things than most people <grin>.

[dovetail]

Actually, it should really generate:

private byte[][] var = new byte[VAR_num][];

This will initialize the the cache variable to an array with VAR_num (8) nulls. As elements are cached, they will be byte[2] fields.