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COBOL Compilers

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False INITCHECK messages for MOVEs of overlapping storage

The compiler should not produce INITCHECK warnings when the piece of a source field of an overlapping MOVE is initialized. In the example use case, the overlapping move results in WORK-REST being set to LOW-VALUES from the filler at the beginning ...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Secured Move Overlapping

Sometimes it may be necessary to shift data within a structure.Example:- Insert / remove an item in a sorted memory table.- Insert / replace / remove a substring in a string.For this we can define a more or less complex and CPU expensive algorithm...
almost 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

CICS and SQL host variables should be added to COBOL cross reference.

The XREF listing produced by the compiler omits unreferenced SQL or CICS variables. In this example, BARREC RECLEN and CICSRESP are not in the listing file's cross reference map.EXEC CICS REWRITE FILE(FILE-NAME) FROM(BARREC) LENGTH(RECLEN) RESP(CI...
almost 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Cob5: Enhancements Compile Listing Option MAP

PP 5655-W32 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 5.2.0 With compile option MAP the total size of working-storage or WSA is not included in compile listing. Enterprise Cobol 4.2 and its predecessors are showing this when compiling with option MAP.Example:...
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

Cobol V5 - Abend S0C4 in IGZCEV4 for CEEDUMP when an UNBOUNDED memory table is present

When a CEEDUMP is fired on a COBOL V5 program containing a memory table with an OCCURS TO UNBOUNDED clause, it cause a S0C4 / CEE3204S ( IGZCEV4 routine) because it is beyond the allocated memory actually in UNBOUNDED table and the dump is incompl...
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Is a defect

Cobol V5 - Mixture kind of interest in RULES(NOLAXPERF)

Option RULES(NOLAXPERF) concerns both about writing Cobol source and compilation options used. In a "industrial" building process (compilation, build process), compilation procedures can not be controlled by the developer, and inform him warnings ...
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Cobol V5 - Error displaying ARCH option in CEEDUMP - ARCH(10) shown as ARCH(0)

CEEDUMP displays the compile options of a program compiled with Cobol V5. ARCH information seems incorrect : it is returned to 0 as we compile with ARCH (10).
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Is a defect

Enterprise Cobol - Add suboption DUMP where suboption ABD/MSG exists

Some compilation options give the choice between abandoning the program (ABD), or simply sending a message (MSG) in the event of a problem. We would like an suboption to be added to produce a dump (of the enclave), without stopping the execution o...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - use value of compilation variable in text manipulation with COPY / REPLACE directives

The COPY and REPLACE compiler-directing statements should accept the value of a compilation variable in text replacement operations. This would allow the values of compilation variables to be used in the text of the program source code:- to name v...
almost 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

Provide Language Environment support for JES symbol service

A new facility in z/OS 2.1 is the JES Symbol Service (IAZSYMBL), which, among other things, allows an assembler program to obtain the value of JES system symbols SYS_CORR_CURRJOB, SYS_CORR_LASTJOB, and SYS_LASTJOBID after a task has submitted a jo...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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