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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Categories z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 9, 2026

[IBM Enterprise COBOL V6+] Include in the DWARF information the CBL/PROCESS directives present in the COBOL source code

Hi,

When CBL/PROCESS compilation directives are present in the COBOL source code, they are correctly reproduced in the SYSMDECK output.

However, they are absent from the source text included in the DWARF information retrieved by the -zt option of CDADUMP/dwarfdump.

These compilation directives should be reflected in the DWARF source text to allow for an identical compilation by retrieving the DWARF source code.

Thanks.

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Basil Kanneth
    Jun 11, 2026

    Hi,

    This idea has been evaluated further. We believe that this will require substantial effort and will result in a change to the current listing layout which a lot of existing clients and external tools rely on. So the suggestion is to rely on the existing ADATA output for to get the desired information. Due to the above, this idea is being rejects.

    Regards,

    IBM.

  • Admin
    Basil Kanneth
    Apr 23, 2026

    Hi Denis, the CBL/PROCESS options can get over-written during compiles. Is this the set of options that you are interested in having? or do you want to know all the options in effect for the compilation unit?

  • Guest
    Mar 9, 2026

    use case