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Issue new IBM2510I error message also for ROUND(x,0) when x is FIXED BIN(p,0)

IBM2510I error message is issued for CEIL(x), FLOOR(x) and TRUNC(x) when x is FIXED BIN(p,0). Usually this message points to coding errors, often because of incorrect or missing brackets, like here: tmpbf = floor(tmpbf + 2) / 2; So we would like t...
4 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Enable Enterprise PL/I programs which are compiled as NORENT (and linked into a NORENT/NONDLL program object/load module) to be able to fetch/call program objects which are linked as RENT/DLL, such as PL/I AMODE(64), JAVA, and other modern APIs.

Use case: Enterprise PL/I has the following requirements/restrictions documented in Chapter 1 of the Programming Guide (GI13-5620-00) regarding the RENT compiler option: “RENT (compiler option) If you link a module (either MAIN or FETCHABLE) conta...
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

Lift or remove limits of INLIST built-in function

The INLIST built-in function is limited to 63 values (64 arguments), please either lift that up to at least 127 values (128 arguments) or remove the limitation. That background is, that based on the new MAXRUNONIF compiler option of version 6.1, w...
10 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

NOLAXNESTED behavior modification

The NOLAXNESTED compiler option should just prevent code in a proc and nested procs to be intermixed.The rule should be that the code in a proc forms a single 'block'. Case 1 : All nested procs AFTER the code => Acceptable a: proc; dcl (x,y,z) ...
7 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

Clean Code: Flag (more) unreferenced declarations.

Unused Named Constants, some BASED variables and maybe more declarations are not flagged in the Compilerlisting as UNREFERENCED. It is not relevant to the performance or other things at run-time, but to have a clean code (more maintainable), it wo...
8 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

Enhance SUPRESS attribute with LAXENTRY

Please add LAXENTRY to the SUPRESS attribute for procedures and entries – similar to LAXNESTED – in V6.1 Background: We want to activate RULES(NOLAXENTRY(LOOSE)) but have some own (deprecated) functions reading the PL/I descriptors leading to some...
9 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Add new XREF sub-option or another new compiler option to get enhanced File Reference Information about the used source and include members

While working on the migration from Serena ChangeMan to BMC ISPW we came across that no tool other than the PL/I Compiler can correctly detect, which version of the source and include members have be used during the compilation. This data is impor...
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Add new warning message for large STATIC data increasing the object and (multiple) load module(s)

We would like to have a warning message issued for large STATIC data - similar to the IBM2668I message (with count) and the MAXINIT option: The limit can be specified via a new option (like MAXSTATIC). We suggest the same default of 64K. The ...
almost 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

SYSADATA to include file's ENVIRONMENT attribute into Syntax Record

A files attributes like record format, organization, blocking etc. are not part of the PL/I language, but are still relevant when analyzing the file attributes.SYSADATA could supply it as Keywords, in a substmt, that way it would be accessible as ...
11 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

compile option to disable repeat of 1st line of source in all output heading

When comparing compiler listings, in order to pinpoint differences (between compiler versions or source version), as much non-essential information is causing "differences" to be flagged.Further, compiler listings are rarely printed, but only sear...
11 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

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