Enterprise COBOL V5 uses DRAWF records in an non-loaded class instead of a side file as was used previously. COBOL V5 is the first of the compilers to convert to DRAWF (C already supported it), this is part of IBM's change to have all the compilers share the backend code generator ( same one used by Java JIT). The PD Tools V12 or above ( FA, DB) are required for DRAWF support. The non-loaded class are only supported in the PM3(?) load modules which the binder will only put into a PDSE. So IBM is not saying you have to convert your load libraries to PDSE, you just would be able to use any of the new compilers in the future.
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