Well met,

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• Uppercase linker names. Roger has requested that we name our visible program entry points using CBL_OC_NAME style. The NAME is uppercased and the word separator is an underscore; for C functions, other external procedural symbols as well as OpenCOBOL procedures. For example; occurl_init is to be called CBL_OC_CURL_INIT instead. This naming convention will assist in certain aspects of future compiler development by leaving options open to the compiler authors and assumptions about materials included in the OpenCOBOL project. So once again, CBL_OC_ then entry name for all visible entry points.

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