09/23/87  cobol 
Known errors in the current release of cobol.
#	Associated TR's
Description

574  phx18559
The clauses VALUE OF FILE-ID and VALUE OF RETENTION were not
implemented.

573  phx16343
records which have duplicate prime keys can be written in a cobol
indexed sequential file.

572  phx16636
process_cobol_report can produce incorrect bit count for a null output
file

571  phx17008
compiler aborts in code generation a move statement involving data in
the linkage section.

570  phx16601
process_cobol_report sometimes gives an out-of-bounds error

569  phx17580
The compiler does not detect an illegal 77 level group item.

568  phx16554
The divide verb produces an incorrect remainder if the quotient is
stored over the dividend or the divisor.

567  phx16292
The compiler can abort if a class condition or a sign condition is used
in an abbreviated combined relation condition.

566  phx17927
code generated for subscripting large arrays of display data with
overpunched signs is incorrect

565  phx18385
Wait time for cmcs_set_lock_$lock is excessive

564  phx17268
cobol sort facility produces an inverted sort for some data types

563  phx18381
The include file cobol_addr_tokens.incl.pl1 contains illegal structure
declarations.

561  phx14911
Program causes compiler to take out-of-bounds fault

560  phx15047
Program using the Report Writer module generates fault_tab_1 in
cobol_report_writer.pl1

559  phx15293
The NEXT GROUP NEXT PAGE clause on a CONTROL FOOTING group does not
always work correctly

558  phx15465
Program using the Report Writer module produces intermediate source
statements which are not correctly parsed by the compiler.  Fatal
errore result.

557  phx15631
Unclear error messages produced when program containing copy reolacing
startments is compiled without using the -exp option

556  phx15690
Source programs having r access cannot be compiled using the -exp
option

551  phx14912
Missing period in report description causas null pointer fault

541  phx13949
Illegal procedure condition obtained at run time when referencing a
large array


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