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Comments and Literals in Non-Unicode Programs1

In non-Unicode programs, comments and literals should only use 7-bit ASCII characters to avoid execution errors when using alternate code pages. While Unicode programs store source code in Unicode to prevent this, characters should still be limited for compatibility if moving programs between Unicode and non-Unicode systems to prevent data loss during conversion.

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Comments and Literals in Non-Unicode Programs1

In non-Unicode programs, comments and literals should only use 7-bit ASCII characters to avoid execution errors when using alternate code pages. While Unicode programs store source code in Unicode to prevent this, characters should still be limited for compatibility if moving programs between Unicode and non-Unicode systems to prevent data loss during conversion.

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Comments and Literals in Non-Unicode Programs

In non-Unicode systems, no characters should be used in comments unless they are available in all code
pages supported by SAP. In the worst case, a program can no longer be executed when a code page other
than the one in which it was created is used. We recommend the usage of 7-Bit-ASCII-characters only.

Note

In a Unicode system, all source codes are stored in Unicode and this is why this problem does not occur there.
However, even in Unicode programs, do not use characters for comments and literals if they cannot be
displayed in non-Unicode programs, so that programs can be transported from a Unicode system to a non-
Unicode system without losses during conversion.

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