The effect of blank lines in cobol code

shrinivas_3 · New User Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 34

Hi

i would like to know the effect of blank lines in cobol code.
does it affect performance?

thanks

muthuvel · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:53 am

Shrini,
To my knowledge i think empty lines will not affect performance.

If it is wrong,please correct me.

Thanks,
Muthuvel.

sarunkumaar · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:05 pm

Yes, it will not affect performance. During compilation itself blank lines and commented lines will get rejected. So your link edited modules will not have any blink or commented lines in them while execution.

girishkm · New User Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,
Empty lines in the code is just to improve the readability of the code. Its nothing to do with the performance.

-giri