Option settings for 85 COBOL Standard conformance

Compiler options and runtime options are required for conformance with the 85 COBOL Standard.

The following compiler options are required:

  • ADV
  • DYNAM
  • NAME(ALIAS) or NAME(NOALIAS)
  • NOBLOCK0
  • NOCICS
  • NODLL
  • NOEXPORTALL
  • NOFASTSRT
  • NOTHREAD
  • NOWORD
  • NUMPROC(NOPFD)
  • PGMNAME(COMPAT) or PGMNAME(LONGUPPER)
  • QUALIFY(COMPAT)
  • QUOTE
  • TRUNC(STD)
  • VLR(STANDARD)
  • Start of changeVSAMOPENFS(SUCC)End of change
  • ZWB

You can use the FLAGSTD compiler option to flag nonconforming elements such as IBM® extensions.

The following runtime options are required:

  • AIXBLD
  • CBLQDA(ON)
  • TRAP(ON)

related references  
Language Environment® Programming Reference