COBOL for MVS™ and VM programs

The following table shows various compiler options that can be used to prepare COBOL for MVS™ and VM programs for use with the ADFz family of products (z/OS® Debugger, Fault Analyzer for z/OS® and Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS®). The methods suggested in the following table indicate whether the load module produced is suitable for a production environment. Load modules suitable for a production environment have no significant runtime overhead.

Table 1. Examples of compiler options and source information files that are supported by ADFz products for COBOL for MVS™ and VM

This table has 6 columns. The second cell of the second row spans 2 rows. The fourth cell of the second row spans 3 columns.

Compiler options Source information file type produced Is the load module production ready? Options supported and suggested for z/OS® Debugger Options supported and suggested for Fault Analyzer Options supported and suggested for APA
TEST(ALL, SYM), LIST, MAP, SOURCE, NOOPT, NONUMBER, XREF(SHORT) Compiler listing No Suggested for test. (Using z/OS® Debugger in production for this compiler is not suggested.)
NOTEST, LIST, MAP, SOURCE, NONUMBER, XREF(SHORT) Yes N/A Suggested for production
NOTEST, LIST, MAP, SOURCE, NONUMBER, XREF(SHORT) LANGX file Yes N/A Supported Supported