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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 12, 2020

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Enterprise Cobol V6+ - Each "RULES" reset preceding RULES to default ?

When giving options:

RULES(ENDPERIOD)
RULES(NOEVENPACK)
RULES(NOLAXPERF)
RULES(NOOMITODOMIN)
RULES(NOSLACKBYTES)
RULES(NOUNREFSOURCE)

the result obtained is:

RULES(ENDPERIOD,EVENPACK,LAXPERF,OMITODOMIN,SLACKBYTES,NOUNREFSOURCE)

Each expression of a "RULES" option seems to have repositioned the previous options to the default value.

Is this normal behavior?

This does not seem to correspond to the answer given to the RFE 77936
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=77936

Compiler version used "5655-EC6 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 6.2.0 P190905"

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Basil Kanneth
    Reply
    |     Jun 7, 2022

    This RFE has been delivered in Enterprise COBOL 6.4.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 15, 2020

    Hi,
    While waiting for an evolution (or correction?) in a future compiler version, I suggest that the documentation be more precise on the behavior of the RULES compilation option when it is used several times.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2020

    Hi, this is a valid RFE request. However, we are only planning to do this in a future compiler version only. Feel free to let me know if you have any concerns. Thanks.

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