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COBOl 'with debugging mode'

Postby bravedreamer » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:28 pm

Hey guys!

I've a question according to the 'with debugging mode' entry in the configuration section of a COBOL program: does the IBM compiler remove all those statements, which are classified with a 'D' on column 7 if the keyword 'with debugging mode' is absent?

According to the output of the compiler, it doesn't. But I can see there also my comments, so I'm unsure about the behavior.

BTW I'm using the "IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 3.4.1" compiler.

thanks for your help
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Re: COBOl 'with debugging mode'

Postby Robert Sample » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:59 pm

The COBOL Language Reference manual should be your first reference for such questions. It says (emphasis added by me):
WITH DEBUGGING
MODE When WITH DEBUGGING MODE is specified, all debugging sections and debugging lines are compiled.

When WITH DEBUGGING MODE is omitted, all debugging sections and debugging lines are treated as comments.
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Re: COBOl 'with debugging mode'

Postby bravedreamer » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:09 pm

Oh, sorry. I missed this section.

Anyway, thanks for your answer.
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Re: COBOl 'with debugging mode'

Postby Robert Sample » Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:32 pm

Thanks for the reply -- none of us catch everything so missing something isn't unusual.
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Re: COBOl 'with debugging mode'

Postby GuyC » Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:52 pm

just want to mention that DB2 precompiler doesn't care about D's in column 7
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