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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 1, 2019

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COBOL V5+ Recursion Protection for File Declaratives

If an abnormal file condition is "protected" by a COBOL declarative routine and this routine closes the file the file status becomes 00 and another write attempt by the application will fail again driving the declarative again, thus creating a loop.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     May 6, 2019

    This RFE does not add much value and would not fix other program logic. The RFE is not in our current roadmap. Hence, it is being rejected.

  • Guest
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    |     Mar 6, 2019

    This RFE is being investigated further.

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