Definition Specification Keyword Field

The rules for continuation of keywords on the definition specification are:
  • The specification continues on or past position 44 of the next Definition specification dependent on the continuation character specified
  • Positions 7-43 of the continuation line must be blank
    Example
    *.. 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+... 7 ...+... 8
    DName+++++++++++ETDsFrom+++To/L+++IDc.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    D                                     Keywords-cont++++++++++++++++++++++++
    DMARY             C                   CONST(
    D                                     'Mary had a little lamb, its -
     * Only a comment or a completely blank line is allowed in here
    D                                     fleece was white as snow.'
    D                                     )
     * Numeric literal, continues with the first non blank in/past position 44
     *
    DNUMERIC          C                   12345
    D                                       67
     * Graphic named constant, must have shift-out in/past position 44
    DGRAF             C                   G'oAABBCCDDi+
    D                                      oEEFFGGi'