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My votes: COBOL Compilers

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    Port STCK functions from PL/I to COBOL

    Hello. COBOL provides intrinsic functions to get date in time in formatted format. I need to also get the STCK (and/or STCKE) values in bin/hexadecimal. PL/I has these features : pex PLISTCK(val) to put the STCK value in val. Is it possible to por...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Messages IGZ0201x to be written on syslog too

    When a COBOL file definition does not match in record length with the JCL job, then it is running with high CPU (looping). At the moment the message IGZ0201W (A file attribute mismatch was detected. File ... in program ... had a record length of x...
    6 months ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

    A new compilation option (rule) DISPLAYCHECK is required

    Dear Madam/Sir, In the frame of ensuring enhanced code quality, we would like to implement a new COBOL compiler option (rule) so an error or warning to be issued in case of existing DISPLAY statements in a program. The new parameter could be DISPL...
    9 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

    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...
    about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

    new function for current timestamp

    I would a cobol function to retrieve the current system timestamp with the higher possible precision like STCKE or Db2 SET CURRENT TIMESTAMP. Optionally a parameter could drive the required precision of the timestamp (same way as the current times...
    about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 15 Future consideration

    COBOL: Catch use of wrong index

    Case: TS006008227Summary: The COBOL compiler should warn when the wrong index is used Details: In COBOL the data division INDEXED BY phrase is used to associate an index with a table. “A table without an INDEXED BY phrase can be referred to throug...
    over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

    JSON PARSE error details

    JSON PARSE error handling improvements - Expose Parse messages to application code. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in Parse failures. Displaying th...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Future consideration

    Adopt Dataname Picture and Usage in Mainframe COBOL

    It would be extremely useful, and would help to prevent logic errors, if the COBOL compiler would allow a dataname to adopt the PICTURE and USAGE from another dataname at compile time. At execution time, logic errors (and even abends) can occur in...
    almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

    Add recommended data types to command documentation

    When reviewing code, we try to teach the developers to use the right data type for the right purpose - use a binary index, don't do calculations with display numerics, etc. It would be very helpful if they didn't have to figure for themselves whic...
    over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

    Need Intrinsic Function equal to STCKCONV macro

    Provide an Intrinsic Function that performs the same conversion as the STCKCONV Assembler macro to eliminate the necessity of writing and maintaining a separate Assembler subroutine to perform the STCKCONV action.
    over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

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