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COBOL Compilers

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COBOL Z/OS support LRECL greater than 32767

Hi, Like for ZFS files i want that COBOL can support records greater than 32767. In USS environment i can create, read a record greater than 32767, in Z/OS VBS record format i can't.The LRECL=X is supported on JCL.
almost 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Make available additional source code information, used at compilation, in load module

We'd request that the location of the source code that was used during program compilation be made discoverable or available within the load module. For our purposes this would extend to COBOL, C/C++, PL/I, Assembler, Java. Our product team is req...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - comment directive

We suggest implementing a "comment" compilation directive. This could be the >>* directive. This directive would allow comments to be introduced in a source code, which would not be returned to the compilation listing (so as not to overload ...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

DB2 SQL TYPE ROWSET FOR n ROWS

To facilitate the declaration of host-variables necessary for multirow access in DB2, I suggest the creation of a new SQL type dedicated to the creation (generation) of structures with OCCURS on elementary variables. SQL TYPE IS ROWSET FOR n ROWS ...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Literal Enhancements

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSLANG13001; Voting Priority=2.8 +5=2 +4=5 +3=4 +2=11 +1=2 abstain=3 Priority=2.8 NOTE 1: This is a follow-up (possible replacement for): SSLNGC08006 2002 ISO COBOL - Enhanced literal continuation support ...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Compiler Directives

We do not like the inclusion of the compiler directives and the commenting out of non-included statements.We think all directives and non-included statements should be excluded from the source listing.
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Future consideration

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...
about 4 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 ...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

Question: support of ALTERNATE DDNAME LIST for COBOL programs

Hi, Is the use of ALTERNATE DDNAME LIST possible with programs created by the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler? If yes, how to know the order of the ddnames at the level of the compiled program? If not, register a change request to allow it. Reas...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Support SYSOUT for dynamic file allocation

Enterprise Cobol support dynamic allocation for file (use of an environment variable named with ddname an file parameters in value for allocation).But if we try to allocate a SYSOUT, this raise an error IGZ0251W at run time... It would be desirabl...
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

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