Prerequisites for symbolic debugging

For symbolic debugging, AID requires a "List for Symbolic Debugging" (LSD) which contains the symbolic names defined within the program. This LSD information is
generated by the compiler and can be taken over during linking, and also loaded. AID also offers the option if necessary of dynamically loading the LSDs if they have been stored by the compiler in a PLAM library. This LSD information is generated by the compiler and taken over by the linking loader or the static binder and starter. The control statements for creating the LSDs by the COBOL85/COBOL2000 compiler are described in brief below.
General information on LSD records and on linking, loading and starting is given in AID Core Manual (Related publications) [1].