Tx Tom. Is this (recompile) is sufficient for cobol ii under Cics 5.1?
ITschak נשלח מה-iPad שלי ב-7 באוג׳ 2015, בשעה 22:11, Tom Ross <[email protected]> כתב/ה: >> We have a mixed COBOL environment involving VS COBOL 2 programs compiled >> with RESident. We do not want to recompile tons of programs and considering >> the option to relink the COBOL load modulwe to replace the stub module >> (igzebst) with an updated one. > > 1) You do not have to recompile, but you do have to re-link to REPLACE IGZEBST > >> My questions are: >> * will relinked COBOL programs be callable by COBOL 5 programs under CICS? > 2) Yes >> * Will these programs act the same as before the relink (same results)? > 3) Yes >> * what level of testing should we expect after the relink, if done? > 4) None specifically for the VS COBOL II modules. OTOH, when recompiling with > COBOL V5 we recommend a lot of testing, because it can reveal hidden invalid > COBOL programs. These programs could have been invalid for 20 or 30 years, > but each new release generated the same instructions so hte behavior was > the same. With COBOL V5, these bad programs might start getting the wrong > answers. So, for every program recompiled with COBOL V5 we recommend > thorough regression testing. > > Cheers, > TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
