Re: COBOL COPY command does not accept underscores

Hi Jerome,

I have opened APAR SE18613 to track this problem.
Unfortunately, sure to where the fix is needed, it will not be fixed until
the next release of WDSc.

thanks,

Violaine Batthish
WebSphere Development Studio Client, IBM Toronto Lab



wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 12/06/2004 10:55:31 AM:

>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Do you know if there is a way to workaround an issue reported by a
> colleague in COBOL with WDSC 5.1.2: the COPY command does not accept
> underscores in the file name or in the member name. The syntax checker
> reports a "CBL006 item is not valid." error. It indicates that hyphens
> (-) are not allowed at the end of a member name. It seems that
> underscores are considered as if they are hyphens, as the next error
> message with ID LNC0017E suggests (The name 'xxxx_' ends with an hyphen.
> Hyphens are ignored). And why underscores are considered as hyphens ?
>
> Looking at the fix list in WDSc 5.1.2, I have noticed that a similar
> issue has been fixed for RPG:
>
> ----
>  2. ILE RPG Program Verify no longer fails when a /copy member name or
> filename on an F spec contains an underscore
> ----
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Jerome Klotz
> Sylog Consulting SA
>