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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 5, 2015

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ZONECHECK option in COBOL V5 retrofit into COBOL V4

At a SHARE session I found out that invalid coding for zoned decimal items was a problem for migrating to COBOL V5. Per the session, it appears that a new compiler option is being considered for COBOL V5 to insert code to identify these invalid definitions at run-time.

This is a request to retrofit that compiler option to the COBOL V4 compiler.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 5, 2015

    This RFE has been delivered in V4 via APAR PI41233.

  • 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
    |     Aug 25, 2015

    This RFE has been put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 19, 2015

    I'm not sure; but wouldn't it be better to have that option on compiletime? Or would such an option flag (nearly) all commands with zoned variables?

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 19, 2015

    This is a valid feature request. Moving it to 'Uncomitted Candidate'. This RFE will be updated when it has been put into plan.

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