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COBOL Compilers

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UNREFERENCED/UNUSED Listing Sections

It would be helpful for code cleanup if there were sections in the listing that detailed unreferenced variables and unused subroutines, similar to the way the PL/I compiler shows them in the listing.
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

Enhancement of the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause

Enhancemen request for COBOLWhat: Variable-length tables, the Enhancement of OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause In a hybrid application architecture where the client resides on a distrubited platform (Java, .Net, iOS, Android etc) there is a need for Main...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

NEXT SENTENCE warnings

Add optional warnings when NEXT SENTENCE is used and might behave in an unexpected manner
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Indication of the COPYBOOK level in the Listing

In the compilation Listing, the source lines from a COPYBOOK are identified with a "C" character after the line number in the Listing. It is possible to call COPYBOOK from other COPYBOOK. However, the origin of a row is not necessarily easily iden...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement for omitted parameters

Better support omitted parameters in subroutine calls.1) Support the COBOL 2002 "omitted-argument" condition (ISO/IEC 1989:2002(E) 8.8.4.1.7).2) Treat omitted trailing arguments as if the OMITTED keyword were specified in the CALL statement (also ...
about 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Cobol V5/V6 - BI or MULTI ARCH in same program object

In a multi hardware context (zEC12, z13 and may be z14), the choice of the compilation level, ARCH option, is problematic:- compiling only once with the lowest level does not allow to benefit from the contributions of the hardware which can be sig...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

To flag warning during compilation if ODO variable not setup

To request for the compiler to flag situations where the ODO object variable in the linkage section is not properly set up.i.e. outside the bounds of integer-1 through integer-2
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Compiler option to eliminate ZAP instructions that fix the sign on zero results

In the case of a packed decimal overflow, the result may be a negative zero. The compiler generates a ZAP instruction to make these potential negative zeros into positive zeros. In compute intensive applications, this can lead to a lot of ZAP inst...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

DIAGTRUNC in context with PERFORM VARYING

Missing WARNING when a variable value is exceeded. We just found that using PERFORM a variable overrun is not always handeled in the same way. Example: 05 IND-D PIC 9(2). MOVE +102 TO IND-D IGYPA3228-W High order digit positions in the sender may ...
almost 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Enable to create executable programs in PDS

Requirement:Our customer requires to enable to create the programs in PDS strongly. Requested Completion Date:2014/03/31 Background:The program modules, which are compiled by Enterprise COBOL V5, should be reside in PDSE. Then our customer faces t...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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