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Workspace Rational Programming Patterns
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 11, 2017

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Include Continue. in generating Subfunctions

When a sub function is generated code looks like this

F91ET. lv10
*<insert code for F91ET here>
F91ET-FN. EXIT.

When starting to code, per coded line a warning message appears on the last line (F91ET-FN.EXIT.)
saying "ERROR_TOKEN" unexpected tokens ignored

The actual point is that before the end of the sub function a dot is required as last entry.
I normally solve this with putting by default CONTINUE. as last line before starting the coding.

F91ET. lv10
*<insert code for F91ET here>
CONTINUE.
F91ET-FN. EXIT.

I am aware of the discussion around 'buzz words' in Cobol and that Continue is seen as such, but I don't agree in this case.
The effect I see in programs of other coders is that they put a dot at every line, which is not increasing maintainability and much harder to read than 1 entry ' Continue. '

My request would be to have this CONTINUE. being generated by default instead of having to manually place it each time.
Maybe to have it optional (as a parameter) to satisfy the 'buzz word' group.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 23, 2019

    This feature was delivered in version 9.7.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 5, 2018

    The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 6, 2018

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

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