We'll, I don't remember ever seeing a manual. bitsavers has an OS/VS COBOL Compiler and Library Programmer's Guide from June 1984, and it refers to the ERRMSG method, and documents the COBOL runtime (OBJECT-TIME) messages.
My first use was of an ANS Full American National Standard COBOL for DOS/VS, to the 1968 COBOL Standard. I never saw a description of compiler diagnostic messages. I've never needed one, and perhaps only a handful of times I've been asked by others "what does this message mean?". For sysprogs, I'd expect a consultation for a "U" (the old "D" for Disaster), but otherwise I'd expect more knowledge amongst the applications staff. On Monday, 21 March 2016 19:21:44 UTC, Bob Butler wrote: > On 2016-03-21, Don Poitras <sas...@sas.com> wrote: > > The IBM C compiler certainly documents their compiler diagnostic messages. > > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.cbcdg01/cbcdg0112.htm > > So do PL/I and VS FORTRAN. I can't check now but I would guess COBOL used to > also but stopped at some point. In the old days the compiler messages were > in the Programmer's Guide. > > Bob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
