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Compatibility mode option for Cobol compiler

We would like to have a compile option to prevent usage of new compiler functions provided via PTFs. Starting with COBOL V5+ IBM delivers fixes besides with new functions every 2 months. Right now there is no way to prevent users from using thes...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Dynamically called programs as smf data

The cobol 6.4 runtime can deliver a report about the dynamically called programs. It would be nice if this information could also be exported as smf data, so that is would be more easy to run analysis about the usage of programs. Currently in smf ...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

REGEX Function like in PL/I

Hi IBM, you've delivered the REGEX function in PL/I for the use of regular expressions in string searches. This would be nice in Cobol as intrinsic function too. Regards, Michael
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 12 Planned for future release

Enabling unit testing of deployable load module

We would like to be able to do section and paragraph testing on the load module that we will be using for production.A unit testing framework like COBOL Check, builds a new COBOL program, that tests the code. But we are actually not certain that t...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

[Copy] Enterprise COBOL V6R4 - IGZPROUT - Add "SERVICE" information in report

Hi, IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4 allows you to produce a report of all subroutines called by dynamic call. We would like the information introduced by the SERVICE compilation option to be included in the IGZPROUT report. This would meet one of our...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL V6R4 - IGZPROUT - Add "SERVICE" information in report

Hi, IBM Enterprise COBOL V6R4 allows you to produce a report of all subroutines called by dynamic call. We would like the information introduced by the SERVICE compilation option to be included in the IGZPROUT report. This would meet one of our...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Enterprise COBOL - Compilation directive >>MESSAGE to produce a message with a severity level

It would be useful to have a compilation directive to trigger a message with a severity level that would be rendered on the Compile Listing and that would also control the general return code of the compilation. This directive would only be enable...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Not under consideration

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