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    IDz 15 capability reduction configuration switch

    Similarly to the option -DdisablePersonalizationQuestionnaire=true we need an option like -DdisableCapabilityConfiguration=true to disable the new functionality in IDz 15 that configures which capabilities are enabled when the workbench is started.
    about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    IBM z/OS Debugger 64bit Support

    ・Decrease E-private usage when taking code coverage of processes which runs many PL/I programs When we take code coverage, E-private usage for the address space used by z/OS Debugger increases depending on the number of running program.Therefore w...
    about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    COBOL Editor Toggle Comment

    Toggle Comment function isn't able to return to previous state. Sample: If you use toggle comment (CTRL+/) for several marked lines and there was already a commented line in one of those lines, the result may not be the expected one. In that case,...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Future consideration

    Rendering Name filter results is very slow in Show In > Data Elements view

    The Name filter is very slow when a program has a lot of variable. There should be an option to turn the key press listener off and only re-render the list when the Enter key is pressed.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

    Add Open Perform Hierarchy from Show In > Data Elements view

    Open Declaration and Occurrences in Compilation Unit are available in the Data Elements view. Open Perform Hierarchy needs to be added.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    New builtin to replace ''

    Initializing large structures, especially in procedures that are called many times, using '' is something that should rightly be frowned upon, and wherever possible, such initialisations should be done only once, saving the initialised structure i...
    over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    Push to client support is needed for "local" z/OS project property groups

    We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

    make JSON-builtin non UTF-8 compatible

    Whenever we use the jsonGet* oder jsonPut* function we always have to convert it from or to EBCDIC(1148) to UTF-8(1208) as we store and send this structure in Db2 Tables and on MQ and we don't want to convert it at two different places.Therefore i...
    over 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Flag SQL Statements not followed by a test of SQLCODE

    The SQL coprocessor should flag any EXEC SQL Statement which is not followed by a test for return information in variable SQLCODE.
    about 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 9 Not under consideration

    Add new RULES option for IBM2674I message, similar to RULES([NO]PADDING)

    Please add a new RULES option like [NO]UDSALIGN, similar to RULES([NO]PADDING), to control the IBM2674I message about the alignment of user defined structures: Under NOUDSALGIN, no IBM2674I message will be produced. Under UDSALIGN, IBM2674I messag...
    about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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