If you use the PARAMETER COLONS clause, all parameter names must begin with a colon (:). This rule applies to both declarations and references of module language procedure parameters. If you do not use this clause, no parameter name can begin with a colon. The current default behavior is no colons are used. However, this default is deprecated syntax. In the future, colons will be the default because it allows processing of ANSI-standard modules. Use the PARAMETER COLONS clause, rather than the ANSI_PARAMETERS qualifier, because the qualifier will be deprecated in a future release.