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Status Delivered
Categories zUnit
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 2, 2020

Better support for non unique names in COBOL

zUnit needs to support non-unique names in the Test Case Editor.

Today it is partly supported. If you have a data structure like:
01 A
02 B PIC x(10)
02 REDEFINES B
03 B PIC S9(4) BINARY
03 D PIC PIC X(8).
02 C PIC X.
02 C PIC X.
The last occurrence of C is identifier as a "differently named filler", and is blocked for editing. The first occurrence is not.

If you reference C or B, it is accepted, but the generated test case program cannot be compiled as the COBOL compile does not allow these to be referenced as they are not unique.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Nov 8, 2021

    This feature was delivered in IBM Developer for z/OS V15.0.3.

  • Guest
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    Jan 24, 2021

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    Aug 26, 2020

    .Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    Aug 10, 2020

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.