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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 13, 2013

RELATED IDEAS

SYSMDECK: Flag Begin and End of COBOL code which has been included by COPY or EXEC SQL INCLUDE

In SYSMDECK output of the new COBOL compiler (V5), we see all COBOL code, which has been included to the source by COBOL COPY or EXEC SQL INCLUDE.
The orginal COPY statement is modified to a comment and could be considered as BEGIN of copied code - but this is not unique.
Additionally, we need to see where the copied code ends and primary source codes continues.

Subsuming,
we need a BEGIN-Mark like
"Begin of code copied from <lib>(<mbr>)"
and an END-Mark
like "End of code copied from ...".

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 27, 2016

    No further updates from submitter. Assuming source listing is sufficient. Canceling RFE.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    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

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 27, 2013

    This feature can be achieved by using the source listing, since we already indicate which parts of the source were copied in and which were not. The purpose of SYSMDECK is to be the merged source as processed by the compiler.

    Please let us know if you have any concerns.

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 26, 2013

    The important part of the RFE is
    "Flag the end ...".
    Today, Begin is flagged - and file names can be found in cross reference information - but we cannot detect the end ... .

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 20, 2013

    >> copied from ()" <<
    You know that this information is gathered in the cross reference?
    But it's true; if we have "Begin of code . . ." it's wonderful to read also the name of the library where the copybook came from.

    Example:
    1PP 5655-S71 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 4.2.0 P03N241
    0
    COPY/BASIS cross-reference of text-names, library names and da

    Text-name Library File name Conca
    (Member) (DDNAME) (Dataset name) Level

    QSWSLIT SYSLIB S9298.PROD.COBCOPY 9
    QSWSSAM SYSLIB S9298.PROD.COBCOPY 9
    S03D160K SYSLIB S0300.PROD.COBCOPY 7
    S03D944K SYSLIB S0300.PROD.COBCOPY 7
    S03D945K SYSLIB S0300.PROD.COBCOPY 7
    S03D946K SYSLIB S0300.PROD.COBCOPY 7

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 18, 2013

    that makes sence, specially the "Begin of code copied from ()"
    if one has possibly more than one copy library at compile time.....

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 15, 2013

    Same functionality as with PLI Includes

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 14, 2013

    Yes, that would be a nice feature with makes a self written parser much more simple.

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