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PM71902: Rational Developer for System z (RDz)COBOL editor displays errors although compile works

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Rational Developer for System z (RDz)
    
    Some valid COBOL statements that will pass the compiler are
    flagged as errors and block functions in the editor such as the
    F3.
    
    The following statements will generate errors in the RDz editor
    but not in the COBOL compiler.
    
    Recreation Steps:
    Add these lines to the PrintApp.cbl from the COBOL Workstation
    example:
    
              If In-name
                   = ('T ' OR ' T') OR
                     ('P ' OR ' P') OR
                     SPACE
                   NEXT SENTENCE
              ELSE
                  MOVE LENGTH In-name       TO In-Len.
    
    These 3 warnings are issued:
    for the ('P ' OR ' P') OR: '?' expected instead of this input
    for the SPACE I get:  'Positive' expected after this token
    for the MOVE I get: 'OF' expected after this token
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Abbreviated combined relation conditions where the first
    relation condition used an abbreviated form in parentheses are
    not being parsed successfully by the real-time syntax checking
    parser.   For example, "IF VAR = ('T ' OR ' T') OR ('P ' OR '
    P') OR SPACE" was not accepted, but " IF VAR = SPACE OR ('T ' OR
    ' T') OR ('P ' OR ' P')" was accepted.   Both compile
    successfully.    In addition, for the LENGTH OF special
    register, the OF is required according to the COBOL Language
    Reference, but accepted by the compiler even if omitted.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Added a parsing rule for real-time syntax checking, which
    accepts abbreviated combined relation conditions where the first
    relation condition uses an abbreviated form in parentheses.   In
    addition, the OF while in the LENGTH OF special register is now
    treated as optional.
    The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
    IBM Rational Developer for System z V8.5.1.1 Fix Pack which
    is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
    http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PM71902

  • Reported component name

    RATL DEV FOR SY

  • Reported component ID

    5724T0700

  • Reported release

    803

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2012-08-30

  • Closed date

    2013-03-21

  • Last modified date

    2013-03-21

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    RATL DEV FOR SY

  • Fixed component ID

    5724T0700

Applicable component levels

  • R850 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 October 2021