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IBM Enterprise COBOL - Suspected error in the usage example in the documentation of the CURRENT-DATE function

Hi, The Language Reference documentation for the CURRENT-DATE function describes a receiving structure with a WS-DIFF-FROM-GMT field declared in S9(4) DISPLAY. By default, signed fields in DISPLAY format are zone-signed, and therefore the field wi...
15 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

IBM Enterprise COBOL - Add a report of lines impacted by the REPLACE compiler directive

Hi, The REPLACE compiler directive allows replacements of COBOL source text, a priori after processing the COPY directives: from the point where it is declared until the end of the source code, or until the REPLACE OFF directive. However, it...
24 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

IBM Enterprise COBOL - Display ISPF statistics ID information in COPY/BASIS cross-references

Hi, The COPY/BASIS cross-references display ISPF statistics for copies from PDS: creation date, modification date, and time. We would like the ISPF statistics ID information to also be included in the COPY/BASIS cross-references.--> We use this...
29 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Enterprise COBOL - Conditional compilation variables containing the names of the current Division, Section, and Paragraph

Hi, We would like to have conditional compilation variables containing the current Division, Section, and Paragraph names at compile time: IGY-DIVISION-NAME, (force name to uppercase, default is space if before ID DIVISION) IGY-SECTION-NAME, (...
about 1 month ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Under review

Enterprise COBOL - SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph endpoint handling

Hi, The reference documentation for the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph states that the period is optional if no clause is present in that paragraph. This implies that the period is accepted in the absence of any clause in the paragraph: SPECIAL-NAMES par...
about 1 month ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Is a defect

Fail gracefully if SYSMDECK undefined or wrongly defined

With 5655-EC6 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 6.4.0, if SYSMDECK is omitted or defined to SYSOUT=*, the compiler fails with an assertion failure: Assertion failed at ../../ibm/env/ListingAgent.cpp:6191: 0 Could not open source DD:SYSMDECK TR_MvsCall...
about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Is a defect

SECTION name special register

A common challenge in CBL development is the need to add program references in error handling including of course the Procedure Section where the issue has originated from. Developers often manage to incorrectly set this, the classic invalid metho...
2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Needs more information

Enterprise COBOL - Native handling of output streams equivalent to stderr and stdout

HI, COBOL programs compiled with IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS only support a single output stream associated with the DISPLAY statement. A priori, running under MVS, this output stream corresponds to STDERR (file descriptor number 2) in other l...
4 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Add an example for COPY directive with replacing text in area A

Hi, The position of the right parameter of a replacement, in area A or area B, influences the final text result (while the position of the right parameter of a replacement has no impact). This should be explained with an example, to change the nam...
6 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Error in example 7 of the COPY directive documentation

Hi, Example 7 provided for the documentation of the COPY directive is wrong: the replacement of the trailing "GROSS-PAY" by "NET-PAY" is taken into account, and is also applied to example 8.See listing hardcopy in attachement. Thanks.
6 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Is a defect

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