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Need more builtin functions in C/C++ compiler

In the XL C/C++ Programming Guide there are only a few General instructions like __pack and __unpack.In order for Metal C to be used for system software it would be better if these instructions were expanded so __asm would not have to be used as o...
about 7 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

Allow -qlistfmt=html=inlines to break down the report into multiple files

Allow the reporting tools to generate multiple report files depending on the size limit provided by the client.
almost 8 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

Document and support #pragma once in both C/C++

The z/OS C++ compiler supports the #pragma once directive. This is undocumented and not supported for the C language. This feature should be documented and supported for both the C and C++ languages.
over 8 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

FA IDIHUSRM support wildcards in PROGDESC

Fault Analyser member IDIHUSRM should support wildcards for PROGDESC to that a mask can be used. Currently we have to add each program to IDIHUSRM with a unique PROGDESC. We want to be able to match on a wildcard to reduce the number of entries. e...
over 8 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

C compile listing Should be Recognized by Fault Analyzer

C compile listings stored in BNS Endevor libraries (generated by BNS Endevor C program processor) are not recognized by Fault analyzer as acceptable listing file.
almost 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide JESJCL in Fault Analyzer Viewer

AA has JESJCL imbedded in the viewer, did not find this in FA
almost 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

#line directive causing source to not be intermixed in ASM listing

Sometimes C source code is embedded within generated pseudo assembly listings via the LIST option, like: 00012E 50D0 E004 000008 | ST r13,4(,r14)000132 18DE 000008 | LR r13,r14000134 End of Prolog 000009 | * { 000010 | * return foo();000134 58F0 3...
about 9 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 3 Not under consideration

XL C/C++ compiler setting to disallow vector (VMX/VSX) instructions

Request for the compiler to support code generation consistent with an AIX tuning of allow_vmx=0. The AIX tuning rejects all vector instructions, treating them as illegal operations. The compiler should have a corresponding option to completely di...
over 9 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Future consideration

support for custom tables mapping in Netcool Remedy Gateway

Netcool Remedy Gateway support for custom table data mapping
over 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

FA: Enhance Navigation in Storage Display in Interactive Mode

In interactive mode with ISPF the navigation with display of storage should be enhanced: Better structuring: FA should take into account the boundary of the storage segments and should restrict scrolling to the segment, where the currently display...
almost 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration