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- From: walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker)
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- Subject: Re: Problems between SASC 5.10 and SASC 6.00
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- Date: 13 Nov 92 13:48:58 GMT
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- In article <9501@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, stern+@pitt.edu (Eric G Stern) writes:
- |> What should I do? Possibly something is wrong that SAS should know
- |> about, but this is a huge program that I don't really know anything
- |> about, so I can't localize the problem as they need to do anything.
- |> Did anything really change so that working code breaks between 5.10
- |> and 6.00? I have read the section in the manual about changes between
-
- A few things changed, mostly the names of functions in the library.
- This can have strange effects, but probably not bad code. I suggest
- one of three tacks: 1) debug the program (use CPR) and see if you can
- figure out what's going wrong. 2) Wait for the 6.1 patch and see if
- it fixes the problem. 3) Send a diskette to technical support.
-
- Note that if you send a huge program to be debugged, we will obviously
- take longer to find and fix any problems.
-
- |> Also, how compatible is the object format between 5.10 and 6.00? Can
- |> I mix modules in one program in an attempt to determine the failing
- |> module? What about library formats?
- |>
- |>
- |> Eric Stern
-
- The object format and library format is compatible, but some library
- function names have changed. You can use the DEFINE option on the
- SLINK command-line to work around any problems.
-
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