Debugging in Eclipse (Known Issues)

Watchpoints

  • The debugger ignores a COBOL watchpoint that is hit if there is no statement following the statement that modifies the data on which that watchpoint is set.

Expressions

  • The Expressions view supports normal numeric arithmetic expression with intrinsic functions and the single use of alphanumeric intrinsic functions. The following expressions are not supported - logical operators such as b-and and b-or; ISO2002 user defined methods; inline method invokes, and intrinsic functions which are evaluated at compile time.

Dynamic Length data items

Whilst debugging, variables defined with the DYNAMIC LENGTH clause cannot be expanded beyond their current length; that is, the length at the time of the step being executed.