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    xlc listing files for inline functions incorrect

    Found a surprising limitation with xlc listing files for inline functions that are in .h files. The listing for such functions in the PDEF section has a line number like 691 | which doesn't reflect the source line number at the top of that .lst fi...
    over 12 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 4 Not under consideration

    BIDI support

    There is no BIDI hebrew support for this product.
    about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Fault Analyzer Should Accept Assembler Side Files not in ADATA format

    Fault Analyzer currently cannot accept listings for Assembler programs were compiled in Endevor using ‘NOADATA' option. We have over 6000 programs compiled this way that can be accepted into other Fault Analysis tools.
    over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Raise a severe error if an unknown instruction is generated

    If the Compiler/Optimizer generates an invalid unknown instruction (UNKWN), it have to raise a Severe Error. The assembly list shows unknown ?UNKWN? instructions: 000027 | ALRK r8,r7,r9 000027 | UNKWN r15,r3 000027 | UNKWN r8,r6 000027 | C r0,s.uw...
    over 9 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 7 Not under consideration

    SASC/C++ Compiler Migration to XL C/C++

    Below SASC/C++ functions are not available in XL C/C++ for RUV product. Could you please provide this functionality? S No. Function/ Parameters Description1 abort abnormally terminate execution2 access test for the existence and access privileges ...
    almost 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Not under consideration

    #pragma report should be extended to C

    It is very frustrating that this pragma is not available in C, but only in C++!
    over 10 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 4 Not under consideration

    Perform optimizations based on __attribute__((__malloc__))

    Currently, __attribute__((__malloc__)) does not work as documented in the compiler docs. The documentation infers that the compiler performs certain optimizations when using __malloc__ attribute. However, it appears that the compiler simply tolera...
    over 10 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 4 Not under consideration

    Allow IPCS VERBX commands in SDUMP reviews

    With some of the other fault analysis tools, system dumps can be futher reviewed using the same VERBX commands as can be done in IPCS. This allows for deeper manual investigation of a system dump
    over 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

    Add support for function inlining at OPT(0) [Metal C]

    The METAL option of the xlc compiler does not support selectively inlining functions without optimizing the rest of the code We would like to be able to use a compiler attribute (such as "__always_inline__" or "_inline") to force inlining of certa...
    over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

    Fault Analyzer Notification Exit

    In lieu of the REXX exits for notifications, provide a panel in the product to allow changes to be more easily implemented.
    almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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