PH25791: IDZ COBOL EDITOR RENAMING A VARIABLE LEADS TO INCORRECT ERROR MESSAGE ON COPYBOOK IF THE REPLACE STATEMENT IS BEING USED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Developer for Z/OS - IDz - v14.2.2
  
  The user has a COBOL program that includes a copybook, which
  includes other copybooks and one or two of them are included
  with REPLACE / REPLACE OFF statements.
  
  When editing this COBOL program with IDz COBOL Editor, if the
  user tries to rename a variable using the Refactor > Rename
  function, the copybook will be marked as in error, with the
  message:
  Copybook '<copybook-name>' contains the following error:
  "ERROR TOKEN" unexpected tokens ignored"
  
  Besides the warning message, checking the bottom of the IDz
  window the user will see the Tooling icon has a warning,
  hovering it says "Tooling out of sync due to syntax error".
  

Local fix

• Make any change to the COBOL program, like adding a space
  between the copy statement and the copybook name for example,
  then save the program, it will clear the error and IDz Tooling
  will work again.
  

Problem summary

• Renaming a variable in a replace statement will lead to an
  incorrect error message in the IDz Cobol Editor when we use
  Replace ... Replace Off statement. The error shown is "Copybook
  '<copybook-name>' contains the following error:
  "ERROR TOKEN" unexpected tokens ignored". " The tooling in the
  editor is also out of sync. This issue occurs in both COBOL and
  LPEX editors.
  

Problem conclusion

• This issue has been resolved.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

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