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My ideas: COBOL Compilers

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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

Mac OS support

Request for support of the COBOL Compiler on Mac OS.
over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Contextual compilation variables

It might be interesting to have compiler variables indicating the current context corresponding to the position in the source code:- name / type of the current Division: Identification, Environment, Data, Procedure- name / type of the current Sect...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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

Enterprise Cobol - Get the actual address of the entry point of a dynamically loaded program

When using the "SET function/procedure-pointer TO ENTRY program" instruction, we get the address of a routine that is not the actual entry point of the program, but a routine that allows calling the program. The routine seems to be different depen...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Not under consideration

"automatic" calculation of the length of a data-item

We need that the length of a data-item can be calculated automatically in relation to its context: this data-item is used in REDEFINES of different length, and must correspond to the REDEFINES which has the greatest length. This way of doing thing...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

COBOL PARMCHECK Enhancement

6.2 Programming Guide states: The PARMCHECK option tells the compiler to generate an extra data item following the last item in WORKING-STORAGE. This buffer data item is then used at run time to check whether a called subprogram corrupted data bey...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V4R2 - new option ZONECHECK (documentation update)

Hi, I notice that the ZONECHECK option initially introduced with Enterprise COBOL V5R2, and deprecated in COBOL V6, made its appearance in COBOL V4R2. The ZONECHECK option is not described in the Cobol V4R2 reference manuals, either in PDF format ...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Increse of COBOL PGT 4 Megabytes Limitation

Encountered IGYAS5159-U Procedure plus constant area exceeded 4 megabytes. "PGT" capacity was exceeded when compiling COBOL program generated via RBD 9.5. Generated COBOL program from RBD tend to be larger than purely coded COBOL coded program and...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

RFE for IBM COBOL FOR AIX 5.1 SCU: AUTO REPLACE "<>" CONDITIONAL FOR "NOT="

Customer requires that IBM COBOL 5.1 FOR AIX SCU automatically replaces "<>" conditional for "NOT=". The SCU has to take into care that ocassionally, the source code can have a SQL SELECT statement with "<>" that should not be modified.
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

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