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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 15, 2019

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Improve COBOL OFFSET report usability

Without the OPTIMIZE option in earlier versions (or with OPT(0)), the location of the first instruction generated for each statement could then be used when debugging a failing program to accurately deduce the COBOL statement that was being processed at the time of failure because on the whole the compiler generated a code segment starting at the listed offset and ending just before the starting offset of the next statement.

Especially with COBOL v6.2, regardless of whether OPT(0) is supplied or not, the OFFSET listing is proving to be an extremely unreliable source of information because the optimization will on occasion scatter the locations of the generated code throughout the program object.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 18, 2021

    This RFE was delivered in the following releases:

    V6.2: Apr 2021 V6.2 PTF, APAR PH36690 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH36690
    V6.3: Mar 2021 V6.3 PTF, APAR PH35652 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH35652

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 28, 2019

    This RFE is being accepted and will be updated once put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 24, 2019

    TEST(NOEJPD) can improve OFFSET even with OPT(1|2) but optimization is reduced.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 20, 2019

    This RFE is still being investigated.

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