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    cob2 should know where its compiler binary is located

    Currently, cob2 doesn't know where the COBOL compiler binary is located. Even though it is part of the product, you have to specify SIGYCOMP in the STEPLIB variable. This is confusing and creates a larger entry into using cob2 if this isn't done o...
    8 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

    IBM Enterprise COBOL - Add support for BINARY-CHAR, BINARY-SHORT, BINARY-LONG, BINARY-DOUBLE as alternative to COMP-5

    Hi, The COMP-5 USAGE, (or TRUNC(BIN) compilation option), allows binary values ​​to be stored according to the entire storage capacity of the machine's internal representation. However COMP-5 is a constructor implementation and have portability...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Future consideration

    SYSMDECK: Flag Begin and End of COBOL code which has been included by COPY or EXEC SQL INCLUDE

    In SYSMDECK output of the new COBOL compiler (V5), we see all COBOL code, which has been included to the source by COBOL COPY or EXEC SQL INCLUDE.The orginal COPY statement is modified to a comment and could be considered as BEGIN of copied code -...
    about 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

    Request for enhancement for COBOL

    Hi, We would like a warning when an “indexed by” index is used on arrays other than the one it is defined on, when that other array has a different picture clause. Regards Rune Christensen Senior Software Developer Bankdata
    over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

    JSON PARSE error handling offset needed

    Cobol Developer coding the JSON parsing and associated Error Handling For JSON PARSE statement, when a condition occurs (JSON-CODE > 0 or JSON-STATUS > 0) then expose the offset where the condition occurred. Make the offset available to the ...
    about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

    Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Solution to set the length of a data-item at compile time

    Hi, As part of the creation of a COBOL framework to speed up developments, we are looking for a solution to fix the size of an elementary data-item at the time of compilation because it cannot be determined at the time of writing the code. Sample ...
    9 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

    COBOL5: extended DIAGTRUNC feature for detecting variables size mismatch

    COBOL 5 behaves differently than in previous versions, in some scanarios, as in the following case: - Programs that move data to and from data items that at run time contain values not conforming to the PICTURE clause in the data description entry...
    over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 13 Not under consideration

    provide a COBOL cross-compile environment for Linux on System z target

    provide a way to generate program objects that can run under Linux on system z, e.g. by adding compiler option specifying target [operating system=SUSE|RedHat, architecture, addressing environment]
    over 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Implement: 01 var1 LIKE var2.

    Often variables are defined in copybooks or DCLGEN copybooks. There are times when the definition in that copybook changes slightly and it would be nice if a developer could simply rely on the compiler to use the picture of the copybook variable a...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 4 Future consideration

    Enterprise Cobol - Support for concatenation operator &

    We want the "&" concatenation operator, as described in the ISO COBOL standard, to be supported by the IBM Enterprise Cobol compiler.This operator must be able to be used everywhere where a literal is authorized:- declaration of a VALUE in a d...
    almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

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