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COBOL Compilers

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Enterprise Cobol V6 - Invalid binary code for set address by reference modification on a unbounded dataitem and SSRANGE

Hi A SET ADDRESS OF / TO ADDRESS OF statement from a unbounded dataitem, and in the presence of the SSRANCE option, generates an invalid binary code: message IGZ0072S / IGZ0308W is triggered unconditionally. The same code compiled in NOSSRANGE run...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Is a defect

Cobol V6R2 - Improvement of the binary code generated for EVALUATE statement

The binary code generated for an EVALUATE statement has some defects:- dead code- test and branch not optimumProblems found with all optimization levels. The binary code generated in Cobol V4R2 option OPTIMIZE (STD) is better than the binary code ...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - IGYLI0245-E error falsely triggered ("varname" was not defined as a compilation variable)

A conditional compilation variable is used under control of a >>if varname is defined directive.The compiler wrongly triggers an error IGYLI0245-E on the fact that the variable is not defined. The triggered message is an error...The return c...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

Cobol V5 - STGOPT does'nt optimize SQL--* variables created par SQL option

Cobol V5 compiler, as Cobol V4 compiler, can process DB2 SQL commands through the integrated coprocessor (instead of a pre- compilation) . When the SQL compiler option is enabled, the "automatic" variables SQL - * are created. We identified a diff...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 11 Is a defect

Having the compiler points out invalid move

During the COBOL 6 migration we encounter several cases where some invalid data are moved into numeric edited decimal data. Eg: 01 W-PIC9-1 PIC 9.01 W-PIC9-2 PIC 9. MOVE 'à' TO W-PIC9-1[...]IF W-PIC-9-1 = W-PIC9-2[...]Could supply you with the rea...
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Is a defect

Cobol V5 - Abend S0C4 in IGZCEV4 for CEEDUMP when an UNBOUNDED memory table is present

When a CEEDUMP is fired on a COBOL V5 program containing a memory table with an OCCURS TO UNBOUNDED clause, it cause a S0C4 / CEE3204S ( IGZCEV4 routine) because it is beyond the allocated memory actually in UNBOUNDED table and the dump is incompl...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Is a defect

Cobol V5 - Error displaying ARCH option in CEEDUMP - ARCH(10) shown as ARCH(0)

CEEDUMP displays the compile options of a program compiled with Cobol V5. ARCH information seems incorrect : it is returned to 0 as we compile with ARCH (10).
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Is a defect

Enterprise Cobol V4/V6 - Defect - Error in mask for numeric-edited currency sign with 3 characters

There is an error in the generation of the mask that allows to edit a numeric value with both a currency symbol of more than one character, and a floating sign.At execution a part of currency symbol is lost. This concerns the Enterprise Cobol comp...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Is a defect

Cobol V6R2 - Set default value of undefined compilation variable to false (B'0')

The assignment of the default value B'1' to an undefined compilation-variable-name does not seem to be a good choice because it implicitly implies the inclusion of a text conditioned by this compilation-variable-name. The default value of an undef...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Is a defect

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