Compiler Configuration
The following list was extracted from config/default.conf.
# Value: any string
name: "GnuCOBOL"
# Value: enum
standard-define 0
# NOTE: see enum cb_std_def, defined in cobc/cobc.h.
# CB_STD_GC = 0,
# CB_STD_MF,
# CB_STD_IBM,
# CB_STD_MVS,
# CB_STD_BS2000,
# CB_STD_ACU,
# CB_STD_RM,
# CB_STD_85,
# CB_STD_2002,
# CB_STD_2014
# Default source reference-format; values: FIXED, FREE, COBOL85,
# VARIABLE, XOPEN, XCARD, CRT, TERMINAL, COBOLX
format: auto
# Value: int
tab-width: 8
text-column: 72
# Maximum word-length for COBOL words / Programmer defined words
# Be aware that GC checks the word length against COB_MAX_WORDLEN
# first (currently 63)
word-length: 63
# Maximum literal size in general
literal-length: 8191
# Maximum numeric literal size (absolute maximum: 38)
numeric-literal-length: 38
# Maximum number of characters allowed in the character-string (max. 255)
pic-length: 255
# Enable AREACHECK by default, for reference formats other than {fixed,free}
areacheck: no
# Default assign type
# Value: 'dynamic', 'external'
assign-clause: dynamic
# If yes, file names are resolved at run time using
# environment variables.
# For example, given ASSIGN TO "DATAFILE", the file name will be
# 1. the value of environment variable 'DD_DATAFILE' or
# 2. the value of environment variable 'dd_DATAFILE' or
# 3. the value of environment variable 'DATAFILE' or
# 4. the literal "DATAFILE"
# If no, the value of the assign clause is the file name.
#
filename-mapping: yes
# Alternate formatting of numeric fields
pretty-display: yes
# Allow complex OCCURS DEPENDING ON
complex-odo: no
# Adjust position of items following OCCURS DEPENDING
odoslide: no
# Allow REDEFINES to other than last equal level number
indirect-redefines: no
# Binary byte size - defines the allocated bytes according to PIC
# Value: signed unsigned bytes
# ------ -------- -----
# '2-4-8' 1 - 4 same 2
# 5 - 9 same 4
# 10 - 18 same 8
#
# '1-2-4-8' 1 - 2 same 1
# 3 - 4 same 2
# 5 - 9 same 4
# 10 - 18 same 8
#
# '1--8' 1 - 2 1 - 2 1
# 3 - 4 3 - 4 2
# 5 - 6 5 - 7 3
# 7 - 9 8 - 9 4
# 10 - 11 10 - 12 5
# 12 - 14 13 - 14 6
# 15 - 16 15 - 16 7
# 17 - 18 17 - 18 8
#
binary-size: 1-2-4-8
# Numeric truncation according to ANSI
binary-truncate: yes
# Binary byte order
# Value: 'native', 'big-endian'
binary-byteorder: big-endian
# Allow larger REDEFINES items other than 01 non-external
larger-redefines: error
# Allow certain syntax variations (eg. REDEFINES position)
relax-syntax-checks: no
# Allow zero length reference-modification
# (only checked with active EC-BOUND-REF-MOD)
ref-mod-zero-length: yes
# Perform type OSVS - If yes, the exit point of any currently
# executing perform is recognized if reached.
perform-osvs: no
# Compute intermediate decimal results like IBM OSVS
arithmetic-osvs: no
# MOVE like IBM (mvc); left to right, byte by byte
move-ibm: no
# SELECT RELATIVE KEY and ASSIGN fields must be in WORKING-STORAGE
select-working: no
# LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION implies RECURSIVE attribute
local-implies-recursive: no
# If yes, LINKAGE SECTION items remain allocated
# between invocations.
sticky-linkage: no
# If yes, allow non-matching level numbers
relax-level-hierarchy: no
# If yes, evaluate constant expressions at compile time
constant-folding: yes
# Allow Hex 'F' for NUMERIC test of signed PACKED DECIMAL field
hostsign: no
# If yes, set WITH UPDATE clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item,
# except if WITH NO UPDATE clause is used
accept-update: no
# If yes, set WITH AUTO clause as default for ACCEPT dest-item,
# except if WITH TAB clause is used
accept-auto: no
# If yes, DISPLAYs and ACCEPTs are, by default, done on the CRT (i.e., using
# curses).
console-is-crt: no
# If yes, allow redefinition of the current program's name. This prevents its
# use in a prototype-format CALL/CANCEL statement.
program-name-redefinition: yes
# If yes, NO ECHO/NO-ECHO/OFF is the same as SECURE (hiding input with
# asterisks, not spaces).
no-echo-means-secure: no
# If yes, the first item in a field screen ACCEPT/DISPLAY (e.g. DISPLAY x UPON
# CRT) is located after the previous ACCEPT/DISPLAY (as though LINE 0 COL 0 had
# been specified).
line-col-zero-default: yes
# If yes, DISPLAY SPACES acts as ERASE EOS, DISPLAY X"01" acts as ERASE EOL,
# DISPLAY X"02" acts as BLANK SCREEEN and DISPLAY X"07" acts as BELL. Note
# DISPLAY LOW-VALUE is excluded from this; it will always just position the
# cursor.
display-special-fig-consts: no
# If yes, COMP-1 is a signed 16-bit integer and any PICTURE clause is ignored.
binary-comp-1: no
# If yes, POINTER is handled as BINARY-DOUBLE UNSIGNED instead of its own class
numeric-pointer: no
# auto-adjust to zero like MicroFocus does
move-non-numeric-lit-to-numeric-is-zero: no
# If yes, implicitly define a variable for an ASSIGN DYNAMIC which does not
# match an existing data item.
implicit-assign-dynamic-var: yes
# If yes, ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements accept device names using mnemonics
device-mnemonics: no
# full clauses in XML PARSE - and adjusted XML-EVENTs
xml-parse-xmlss: yes
# What rules to apply to SCREEN SECTION items clauses
screen-section-rules: gc
# Whether DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA has effect in XML/JSON GENERATE
dpc-in-data: xml
# Bounds against which to check subscripts (full, max, record)
subscript-check: full
# Functionality of JUSTIFY for INITIALIZE verb and initialization of storage
init-justify: no
# Dialect features
# Value: 'ok', 'warning', 'archaic', 'obsolete', 'skip', 'ignore', 'error',
# 'unconformable'
alter-statement: obsolete
comment-paragraphs: obsolete
control-division: unconformable
partial-replace-when-literal-src: obsolete
call-overflow: archaic
data-records-clause: obsolete
debugging-mode: ok
use-for-debugging: ok
listing-statements: skip # may be a user-defined word
title-statement: skip # may be a user-defined word
entry-statement: ok
goto-statement-without-name: obsolete
label-records-clause: obsolete
memory-size-clause: obsolete
move-noninteger-to-alphanumeric: error
move-figurative-constant-to-numeric: archaic
move-figurative-space-to-numeric: error
move-figurative-quote-to-numeric: obsolete
multiple-file-tape-clause: obsolete
next-sentence-phrase: archaic
odo-without-to: warning
padding-character-clause: obsolete
section-segments: ignore
stop-literal-statement: obsolete
stop-identifier-statement: obsolete
stop-error-statement: unconformable
same-as-clause: ok
type-to-clause: ok
usage-type: ok
synchronized-clause: ok
sync-left-right: ok
special-names-clause: ok
top-level-occurs-clause: ok
value-of-clause: obsolete
numeric-boolean: ok
hexadecimal-boolean: ok
national-literals: ok
hexadecimal-national-literals: ok
national-character-literals: warning
acu-literals: unconformable
hp-octal-literals: unconformable
ebcdic-symbolic-characters: no
word-continuation: warning
not-exception-before-exception: ok
accept-display-extensions: ok
renames-uncommon-levels: ok
symbolic-constant: ok
constant-78: ok
constant-01: ok
perform-varying-without-by: ok
reference-out-of-declaratives: warning
program-prototypes: ok
call-convention-mnemonic: ok
call-convention-linkage: ok
using-optional: ok
numeric-value-for-edited-item: ok
incorrect-conf-sec-order: ok
define-constant-directive: archaic
free-redefines-position: warning
records-mismatch-record-clause warning
record-delimiter: ok
sequential-delimiters: ok
record-delim-with-fixed-recs: ok
missing-statement: warning
missing-period: warning #when format not in {fixed,free}
zero-length-literals: ok
xml-generate-extra-phrases: ok
continue-after: ok
goto-entry: warning
assign-variable: ok
assign-using-variable: ok
assign-ext-dyn: ok
assign-disk-from: ok
vsam-status: ignore
self-call-recursive: warning
record-contains-depending-clause: unconformable
defaultbyte: init # GC inits as INITIALIZE ALL TO VALUE THEN TO DEFAULT,
# with INDEXED BY variables initialized to 1
picture-l: ok
# use complete word list; synonyms and exceptions are specified below
reserved-words: default
# not-reserved:
# Value: Word to be taken out of the reserved words list
not-reserved: TERMINAL
not-reserved: EXAMINE
# reserved:
# Entries of the form word-1=word-2 define word-1 as an alias for default
# reserved word word-2. No spaces are allowed around the equal sign.
reserved: AUTO-SKIP=AUTO
reserved: AUTOTERMINATE=AUTO
reserved: BACKGROUND-COLOUR=BACKGROUND-COLOR
reserved: BEEP=BELL
reserved: BINARY-INT=BINARY-LONG
reserved: BINARY-LONG-LONG=BINARY-DOUBLE
reserved: CELLS=CELL
reserved: COLOURS=COLORS
reserved: EMPTY-CHECK=REQUIRED
reserved: EQUALS=EQUAL
reserved: FOREGROUND-COLOUR=FOREGROUND-COLOR
reserved: HIGH-VALUES=HIGH-VALUE
reserved: INITIALISE=INITIALIZE
reserved: INITIALISED=INITIALIZED
reserved: LENGTH-CHECK=FULL
reserved: LOW-VALUES=LOW-VALUE
reserved: ORGANISATION=ORGANIZATION
reserved: PIXELS=PIXEL
reserved: SYNCHRONISED=SYNCHRONIZED
reserved: TIMEOUT=TIME-OUT
reserved: ZEROES=ZERO
reserved: ZEROS=ZERO