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COBOL Language Support version 2.3.0 is now available!

  • 1.  COBOL Language Support version 2.3.0 is now available!

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 25, 2024 07:54 AM

    The Code4z team is extremely thrilled to announce the general availability of COBOL Language Support version 2.3.0.
     
    COBOL LS is part of Code4z package which is free to install and use on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace or open-vsx.org.
    Check out the latest improvements!
    What's New

    • Allow repeating analysis in CLI
    • Bridge for git initial support
    • Enhance CICS WAIT command support
    • Filter CFAST programs based on the selection
    • Improve CICS CONVERSE command support
    • Support relative paths from the current file

    Performance improvements :

    • Keyword suggestions
    • Avoid creating lists
    • Avoid stringifying extended document
    • Optimizing grammar optimization
    • Removing unncessary rules from preprocessor grammar
    • Simpler area checking
    • Stricter END-EVALUATE requirements
       

    This version is also a prerequisite for the new version of the dialect support addon extension COBOL Language Support for IDMS v1.0.4.

    The list of all changes can be viewed in the changelog
     
    COBOL LS is an open-source project. Please visit the GitHub repository to give us feedback or make your own contribution to the project:
    https://github.com/eclipse/che-che4z-lsp-for-cobol
     
    Thank you for choosing Code4z. If you have any ideas or any other additional feedback, please feel free to contact us directly or create an issue on our public GitHub repository. 
     
    For any additional information, please contact:
     
    Swathi Javvaji, swathi.javvaji@broadcom.com, Product Owner