Release Notes - P3/COBOL Compiler - Version 7.2

✨ New Features

[DS-663] - Support updateable and scrolling cursors with ESQL
[DS-912] - Provide option to generate JUnit-runnable tests
[DS-923] - Suppress unused group item generation and warn when unread group generated
[DS-926] - Allow generation of data classes to common directory with isomorphic classes not duplicated
[DS-980] - Optionally generate Java Bean accessors for top-level group items
[DS-981] - Allow app server to be used for remote process invocation of COBOL programs from C

🛠️ Improvements

[DS-405] - Need 88 setter to be generated for non-COBOL convenience
[DS-830] - Add z/OS COBOL dialect
[DS-888] - Duplicate allocation map heading
[DS-890] - Consider compile with no files selected to be an error
[DS-902] - Too many edited items in 01 group can hit constructor byte-code limit
[DS-909] - Rework the generated static main(...) to allow easy execution from Java
[DS-910] - Streamline in-process calling of a P3/COBOL program from POJO
[DS-913] - CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST should allow missing or truncated detail area
[DS-914] - Packed decimal should allow IBM sign variants and be more thorough validating
[DS-922] - Support RECORD SEQUENTIAL organization as synonym for BINARY SEQUENTIAL
[DS-938] - P3 utility should return the value returned by the java command that runs the COBOL
[DS-959] - Compile java -> class for any compiles that are error-free
[DS-965] - Add user option for specifying (overriding) error levels
[IDE-175] - File record areas should be treated as group items in the model
[IDE-176] - Enhance java source and class file generation and persistence
[IDE-178] - Set default temp directory that can be written (for Windows)
[IDE-183] - Should prompt for unsaved dependencies when building and/or launching
[IDE-212] - Allow changing items larger than 100 bytes in debugger
[IDE-221] - Each model element should have an "equals" method to allow Eclipse to optimize the rendering
[IDE-249] - Show item offset and length when hovering on parsed source item name

🐛 Bugfixes

[DS-150] - CANCEL needs to check for and cancel programs contained in the cancelled program
[DS-361] - MOVE to zero length group generates bad code
[DS-766] - Trace message has bad memory address value shown
[DS-881] - Unreferenced elementary item (with 88) causes DataAttributes with no method
[DS-889] - ACCEPT FROM ARGUMENT_NUMBER does not conform to X/Open specifications
[DS-891] - Missing configuration file does not cause error, instead uses defaults
[DS-903] - BX"..." with other than 2,4,8,16 bytes incorrectly typed in some cases
[DS-905] - H"..." literals should be numeric or non-numeric based on dialect
[DS-906] - Initialization should do unsafe assignments
[DS-911] - 78 in LINKAGE SECTION for RECURSIVE program generates bad code
[DS-918] - SUM(item(ALL)) function with packed arguments throws exception
[DS-928] - MOVE to 0-length group item generates bad Java
[DS-929] - Use all available threads for batch compilation
[DS-930] - SORT generates SortKeySafeComparator(this, ... which fails when wrapping
[DS-931] - UNSTRING without ON OVERFLOW should handle overflow by transferring control to next statement
[DS-933] - INTEGER-PART function does not take integer numerics
[DS-934] - An expression function argument which starts with a qualified symbol reference erroneously detects error
[DS-941] - OPEN INPUT of sequential file obtains read/write access
[DS-944] - Server does not allow overallocation of run units as it should
[DS-945] - Relative path in debug is not correct in all cases
[DS-947] - INITIALIZE should not consider redefined items subordinate to indentifier-1 as receivers
[DS-948] - UNSTRING ... INTO should skip any identifiers if no value is remaining after previous identifiers processed
[DS-951] - Exit from a wrapped paragraph can be ignored causing unexpected control flow before finally exiting
[DS-952] - Zero packed-decimal values returned by ALL subscripting throw spurious exception (NPE)
[DS-953] - ACCEPT ... FROM CURRENCY (DML) gives syntax error
[DS-954] - ACCEPT/DISPLAY fails to resolve item id's that are then used in imputeSize
[DS-955] - Generating data classes smaller than existing (older) java file results in corruption and Java errors
[DS-956] - Procedure names that form valid floating point literals are incorrectly flagged as error
[DS-957] - NPE occurs when loading a program that references item in non-top-level filler group
[DS-958] - H"..." literals cause Java compilation errors when dialect is NOT RM
[DS-960] - 88 conditions sometimes generate bad code
[DS-961] - ALLOCATE identifier does not allow for expansion due to redefinition
[DS-963] - C calling P3 via p3bridge fails when native pointer runtime option selected
[DS-964] - Use of H"..." in a non-numeric context and non-RM dialect generates improper code
[DS-966] - Native pointers on big-endian machines do not dereference properly
[DS-968] - Abend output is partially sent to client and partially sent to the server when app server is used
[DS-969] - App server program in loop cannot be aborted by client ctl-c
[DS-971] - Getting environment variable (via ACCEPT ... FROM ENVIRONMENT not case-insensitive as expected
[DS-974] - Unreferenced (except for fast initialize) elementary items still have generated accessors
[DS-975] - INSPECT ... CHARACTERS BEFORE INITIAL ... results in fatal semantic error
[DS-977] - Specifying both the deprecated output-dir option and the -s and -d options does not work
[DS-978] - Embedded Java causes uncompilable .lst file
[DS-982] - Short literal comparisons in non-native charset are flawed due to regression in direct storage access optimization
[DS-983] - INSPECT ... REPLACING ... BEFORE INITIAL " " results in unexpected semantic exception
[DS-985] - Argument accessors for floating point elementary items are missing
[DS-987] - Bad import generated when * used in program package name
[DS-988] - p3 utility does not work with OpenJDK due to different version string
[DS-989] - Caching is flawed when generate-all-accessors is used
[DS-994] - Java bean set of a decimal value takes BigDecimal but does not convert to configured decimal type
[DS-998] - The List<FileAssociation> cannot be serialized due to the Arrays.ArrayList
[DS-999] - Paragraphs with modifiers (JAS) should return void, not the program instance
[DS-1000] - Exec SQL does not parse correctly in IDE editor
[DS-1003] - Debugger fails when processing exit from empty inline perform
[DS-1005] - RM dialect appears to not allow embedded java
[IDE-184] - Stepping over c$darg call while viewing arg-desc causes failure
[IDE-202] - Directory in Navigator should not appear if all its content is in build path
[IDE-206] - Sometimes hover and hyperlinks stop working in debugger
[IDE-229] - Subscripted function arguments cause cast exception in parser
[IDE-230] - The java and exec sql coloring rules appear to admit things like exec-sql-section
[IDE-231] - Builder doesn't detect compiler.p3c changes if indexing is disabled
[IDE-232] - Expressions and mouse-over sometimes do not match variables tab
[IDE-233] - Debugger variables view shows 0 valued NPS items as <not accessible>
[IDE-234] - Setting a value in the variable view appears to sometimes set, but change is not displayed
[IDE-235] - Hovering over an ALL subscript results in class cast exception
[IDE-237] - SD record areas should not be shown in the variable view as "expandable"
[IDE-244] - Source tab missing from local launch page (but not from remote attach)
[IDE-245] - Editor should be aware of user defined word boundaries and double-click should behave accordingly
[IDE-251] - When a BS2000 project is converted to a full P3/COBOL project, breakpoints cannot be set
[IDE-252] - Hover information not available for automatically defined items
[IDE-256] - Watchpoints appear to never be enabled

🎉 Misc

[DS-973] - Refactor "FastDecimal" to "CheckedDecimal"

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