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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 18, 2021

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Enterprise Cobol - Indication of the COPYBOOK level in the Listing

In the compilation Listing, the source lines from a COPYBOOK are identified with a "C" character after the line number in the Listing.

It is possible to call COPYBOOK from other COPYBOOK. However, the origin of a row is not necessarily easily identifiable in the case of nested COPYBOOK.
A mechanism should be available to associate a source line with a COPYBOOK.
This could be achieved by indicating the COPYBOOK call level in addition to the "C" flag. For example:
- "C": first level of COPYBOOK
- "C1": second level of COPYBOOK
- "C2": third level of COPYBOOK
- ...
- "C10": eleventh level of COPYBOOK
- ad lib

To see if the name of the COPYBOOK which introduced the source line could be indicated.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 17, 2021

    We have investigated this RFE and there doesn't appear to be any space left to add extra labels in the listing.

    The suggestion would be to see our COPY and BASIS cross reference output in the Programming Guide, look for heading "Example: XREF output: COPY/BASIS cross-references"
    Users can see the C on a line showing that it was copied in, then find the COPY statement before that line, then find the name on the COPY statement and look up where
    that name was resolved in the COPY cross reference part of the listing (they need to compile with XREF)

    Since the above approach can be used; and since there isn't space in the listing, this RFE is being rejected.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 17, 2021

    This RFE is still being investigated.

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