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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 25, 2019

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Enterprise Cobol V5+ - New compilation option CALLINTERFACE(mode,list-of-entry-points)

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Since Enterprise Cobol V5, the >>CALLINTERFACE directive allows to modify the type of call declared by default by the DYNAM / NODYNAM compilation option.
However, it is not always possible to insert >>CALLINTERFACE directives into the source code of a program, especially when this source code has been pre-processed by the CICS or Db2 precompilers.

We propose that a new compilation option be implemented:

CALLINTERFACE (mode, list of entry points)

- mode: DLL, DYNAMIC, STATIC
- list of entry points: enumeration of entry points, possibly entry point prefixes

For the specified entry points, this compile option takes precedence over the DYNAM / NODYNAM option.
For the specified entry points, the generated code for a CALL is same as the code that would have been generated by preceeding the CALL statement with a ">>CALLINTERFACE (mode)" directive and followed by a ">>CALLINTERFACE" (to restore the mode defined by DYNAM / NODYNAM)

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 28, 2019

    Hi,

    We have investigated this further and we believe the user should use the >>CALLINTERFACE directive.
    The user can put it in BEFORE the code is pre-processed by CICS or Db2.

    Hence, this RFE is being rejected.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 2, 2019

    This RFE is being investigated further.

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