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== Why is this an issue?
Most COBOL environments do not support recursive ``++PERFORM++`` calls, since they can cause unpredictable results. This rule raises an issue when recursive ``++PERFORM++`` calls are used.
=== Noncompliant code example
[source,cobol]
----
PARAGRAPH1.
PERFORM PARAGRAPH2.
PARAGRAPH2.
PERFORM PARAGRAPH3.
PARAGRAPH3.
PERFORM PARAGRAPH1.
----
=== Compliant solution
[source,cobol]
----
PARAGRAPH1.
PERFORM PARAGRAPH2.
PARAGRAPH2.
PERFORM PARAGRAPH3.
PARAGRAPH3.
DISPLAY "THIS IS PARAGRAPH3".
----
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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message
Break the recursion between the following module(s): A, B, C...
'''
== Comments And Links
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=== on 24 Jan 2014, 13:13:39 Dinesh Bolkensteyn wrote:
Very interesting, ILE COBOL supports a "RECURSIVE" clause: \http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iadthelp/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.etools.iseries.langref.doc/c092539591.htm
=== on 21 Aug 2015, 18:34:39 Ann Campbell wrote:
\[~freddy.mallet] since you had set this to blocker, I've added the bug tag, but ordinarily I would have downgraded to Major based on the description ("many environments do not support").
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