To ensure future code portability, obsolete keywords should not be used. The following keywords were declared obsolete in the COBOL ANSI-85
standard and removed in the ISO/IEC 1989:2002 standard:
- Paragraphs:
AUTHOR, INSTALLATION, DATE-WRITTEN, DATE-COMPILED, SECURITY
- Clauses:
DATA RECORD(S), LABEL RECORD(S), MEMORY SIZE, MULTIPLE FILE (TAPE),
RERUN, VALUE OF, CODE SEGMENT-LIMIT
- Statements:
ALTER, ENTER, STOP literal, GO TO without an argument
- Phrases:
REVERSED phrase of the OPEN statement
- Special registers:
DEBUG-ITEM
- Sections: Debugging sections
- Declarative:
USE FOR DEBUGGING
The following keywords were declared obsolete in the ISO/IEC 1989:2002 standard:
- Phrase:
DEBUGGING MODE
- Clause:
PADDING CHARACTER
Noncompliant code example
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. AcceptAndDisplay.
AUTHOR. Michael Coughlan. *> Noncompliant
Compliant solution
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. AcceptAndDisplay.
