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COBOL Compilers

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exclude DB2 columns from RULES(NOEVENPACK) messages in COBOL V6

COBOL for z/OS V6 RULES(NOEVENPACK) compiler option generates messages for data that are not prone to errors such as system variables (EIBDATE, SQL CODE...) and DB2 columns. Add a noew sub option to remove control for these items.
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Delivered

Missing/missplaced compiler message

In Cobol versions pre V5 the IGY compiler messages for discarded code are displayed:- in the listing directly after the affected Cobol statements for each discarded code parts - in the summary at the end of the output. With Cobol V5 only one messa...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Enhancement to the INITCHECK option to find all possible “used without being initialized” fields.

Description:INITCHECK currently only reports definite “used without being initialized” fields. Requesting an enhancement to the INITCHECK option to additionally report all possible “used without being initialized” fields i.e. something like a new ...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered

Improve COBOL 5 IPCS dump formatting

Using IPCS under COBOL 4.2 and earlier, it was relatively easy to locate a program's Working Storage. Under COBOL 5, this is a multi-step manual process. This request is to improve COBOL 5's IPCS dump formatting routine to make this easier for cus...
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

New compile option to control the Instruction Overflow Mask for vector instructions (z15)

With ARCH(13) a new z15 facility is used to suppress decimal overflow exceptions on all vector-packed-decimal instructions. Although not common to COBOL we would like to receive 0CA-abends in COBOL applications in order to fix size errors.Once fix...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Flag packed fields with even number of digits

The compiler should flag numeric packed field definitions with even numbers. E.g. S99 packed decimal should be flagged.
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Delivered

Warning Message when using VLR(Standard) and FILE STATUS=4 COBOL V5

COBOL Version 5:If no File Description exists for the smallest and the largest Record, the file status is 04, as difference to COBOL Version 4.So for cleaning the programs, i like to set the VLR(standard) option.But then i want to get a warning (o...
almost 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered

Coding own FUNCTIONS

Extend the scope of available Functions to be extended by own coding.Own functions could be locally defined (contained program) or in it's own source and be available for external users (as a normal sub program).
almost 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Delivered

Cobol V5/6: Additional statistics about inlining

In RFE 78496 a compiler directive to control inlining is requested.Additional to this valid RFE request an inlining statistic would be helpful. If sections/paragraphs are large and called from several places, inlining duplicates code throughout th...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

Exclude source lines of the false branches of conditional compilations from the Listing

Source lines corresponding to a false branch in a conditional compilation should be excluded from the Listing for readability. For that, it would be necessary:- have a compilation option and / or compilation directive to control the inclusion of s...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

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