*OCCURRENCE: removal of variable-length restriction in 3.1.6

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I’ve noticed that in Natural the *OCCURRENCE system variable under 3.1.6
seems to work also for fixed-length arrays, although its documented to only
work for variable-length arrays in a PDA.

I’ve also noticed that the removal of the restriction has been documented for Nat 4.1.

Can you say whether I can rely on it for 3.1.6.

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Dave,

Natural 3.1.6 will not be changed or enhanced further and therefore the behaviour shall not change. Nevertheless we recommend to upgrade your Natural environment to a fully supported Natural 4.1 version, i.e. Natural 4.1.4.

Regards,
Michael

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Michael, thanks for your prompt reply.
I take that as meaning I can rely on *OCCURRENCE working
for fixed-sized arrays in 3.1.6.
My customer is currently working on the 4.1 upgrade:
4.1.3, although I’ve tried to suggest 4.1.4 as its been recommended to me.
(argumentation is that they would have to migrate other products/systems)
What do you recommend?

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I am wondering about your remark:

Which products do you have in mind :?: