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Status Future consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 27, 2019

COBOL structures and examples for Common Debug Architecture

We would like the documentation and include libraries to the Common Debug Architecture, to be expanded with examples in COBOL, and data structures in COBOL.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Apr 29, 2020

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

  • Guest
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    Apr 20, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - COBOL Compilers
    Component - Miscellaneous
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - Documentation
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - Other