FP on cobol:S1461 (Unused sections should be removed)

SonarQube
1

We are scanning Cobol code, and we see false positives on rule S1461 (Unused sections should be removed).
The problem is that the sections that trigger the FP are used in a SCREEN SECTION.
Apparently this invocation is not ‘seen’ by the scanner:

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. PP0042.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01 INPUT-FIELD                PIC X(01).
       SCREEN SECTION.
       01  PP0042-SCREEN
           BEFORE PROCEDURE IS BEFORE-ONE-FIELD.
           03 USING INPUT-FIELD LINE 1 POSITION 1.
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       MAIN SECTION.
           ACCEPT PP0042-SCREEN
           GOBACK
           .
       BEFORE-ONE-FIELD SECTION.
           MOVE SPACE TO INPUT-FIELD
           .

Versions used:
Cobol: Acucobol 10.2.1
SonarQube: * 10.2.1 (build 78527)
SonarScanner 5.0.1.3006

Please fix this FP.

3

Hello,

This is indeed a false positive.
I created SONARCOBOL-1689 to track it.

Thanks for your feedback!