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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on May 16, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

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.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 10, 2019

    This RFE has shipped in the V6.2 Nov 2018 PTF.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 2, 2018

    This RFE is being accepted and the idea is to have this option on by default. The RFE will be updated once put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 20, 2018

    This items is being evaluated further and will be updated accordingly

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 20, 2018

    suggestion : discard "automatic data description" (added by CICS or DB2 coprocessors) from scope of "RULES"

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 20, 2018

    Suggestion : add a new compilation directive ">>RULES(ON|OFF)" to "protect" some parts of data description to be checked.

    Denis FALLAI

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 13, 2018

    Maybe it could help if the RULES(NOEVENPACK) is changed to ignore copy book-variables.
    RULES(NOEVENPACK,SOURCEONLY)
    RULES(NOEVENPACK,NOCOPYBOOK) (as examples) could eliminate the message for every variable which is defined in a copybook.
    So we would clean up for DB2 and CICS-copys.
    Copybooks usually used in more than one program, so if a programmer cleans up a book, then many programs are cleaned up for these messages.

    An alternative idea would be, if the message Exit (where you can suppress specific messages) could have the name of the copybook and then have a list of copybooks where these messages are to be ignored. Maybe to spend more work to get a good working MessageExit.

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