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Robust Mutex for z/OS pthread library.

Porting of various C/C++ opensource libs using Robust Mutex , specifically LMDB.
2 months ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 1 Under review

Possibility to install IDz v17 in z/OSMF mode

So far only IDz EE has a ServerPac package in ShopZ to be installed with z/OSMF, so customer needs to request IDz EE licences as a workaround
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Future consideration

redefining functions in header files - do it the right way

When functions in header files need to be redefined (e.g. to get new default behavior),this should NOT be done by just renaming them with a simple '#define func_new func_old'.Instead, macros should be used like it was done for older XL C/C++ compi...
over 1 year ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / AIX 4 Not under consideration

Provide CLANG scan-build tool on AIX for Open XL C 17.1+

Provide the scan-build tool to front-end CLANG static analysis. This would greatly aide in migrating codebases from older versions of XL C to the new compilers. All compiler users on AIX would benefit.
11 months ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / AIX 2 Not under consideration

Promotion of Remote Syntax Check

We need a visibility enhancement for the Remote syntax check function in order for the developpers to see it fastly and use it more than what they are currently do.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 5 Future consideration

HOLDDATA for ADF products - Support FIXCAT and ERRSYSMODS reports

Add and update Enhanced HOLDDATA (http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html) for all ADF FMIDs.Currently, each product must be checked individually: * Explorer for z/OS - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047906#311...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Future consideration

Ship as PDSE for performance

With C header files in PDSes they cannot be cached in Z/OS and every compile needs to fetch from disk. If these were in PDSEs they they can be cached and avoid the I/O. See https://colinpaice.blog/2020/11/23/avoiding-i-o-by-caching-your-pdses-it-m...
over 3 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add support to EDCDSECT for generating Doxygen-compatible comments

We have a product that has many data areas in common between C/C++ code and Assembler code. We generate the C/C++ header files from the Assembler DSECTs using the EDCDSECT utility provided by z/OS XL C/C++. We generate documentation for the C/C++ ...
over 9 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 21 Planned for future release

special non-IBM Enterprise COBOL statement

Compile of program was successful but using RDZ it got parsing errors
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

Support for generating AMODE 31 with xlclang++

CICS does not support 64 bit LE programs. xlclang++ cannot be used for CICS development.
over 6 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration