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PL/I Compilers

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Add new date/time pattern YYYYMMDDHHMISS999999

Please enhance V5.3 to support a new date/time pattern YYYYMMDDHHMISS999999 as the “internal” format of the existing patterns YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MI.SS.999999YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS.999999YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS.999999 everywhere in DATETIME, REPATTERN, MINDATE...
about 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Allow named Constants as Host Variables in imbedded SQL-Statements

Named constants should be allowed as "host constants/variables" in SQL statements - if they are to be used "read only".
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

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...
9 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Add new compiler messages for REPATTERN to avoid runtime errors with IBM0517S

Please add new compiler messages for REPATTERN to avoid runtime errors with IBM0517S if the source date (3rd argument) has another length than the date pattern (1st argument) in the following cases: - Add an S-level message if the source date has ...
almost 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

New builtin IFTHENELSE

a new builtin IFTHENELSE(expr, truepart, falsepart) should evaluate the expr and returns the truepart or the falsepartthe returned datatype depends on the coded parts (e.g. bit, alphanumeric or numeric datatype) nested use of IFTHENELSE should be ...
almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Compiler options enhancements

Virtually every release of Enterprise PL/I adds new compiler options. It would be useful if the full list could be included in a member (pxoptXXX?) in the ' IELxxx.SIBMZSAM' sample library in a format that can be directly used by a PARM=('+DD:PLIS...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Enhance EPLI DISPLAY Command (Route-,Descriptorcodes)

Hello The EPLI DISPLAY Compile option determines how the DISPLAY statement performs I/O. This sets the options (e.g. WTO Routcode, Descriptor Code) for the Display Command I´d like to see more flexibility in the DISPLAY Command to allow override o...
almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Information about "source complexity"

The Cobol V5-Compiler is able to lower the specified optimization level if the source is "too complex", a compiilation with the specified optimization level would take to long. I would like to have the Enterprise PL/1 compiler compute a "complexit...
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Delivered

Add REGEX built-in function to support regular expressions

We would like to have regular expressions available via a built-in function with the following syntax: rc = REGEX( index, length, pattern, string, [ , start ] [ , codepage ] ); The function sets the value for the <index> and <length> o...
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Allow assignments with UNION if they are equal

Allow assignments with UNION if they are equal. Small Example:PLI003: PROC OPTIONS(MAIN); DCL 1 ST_01 UNION, 5 DATC CHAR(10), 5 DATB BIN FIXED(15); DCL 1 ST_02 LIKE ST_01; ST_02 = ST_01; END PLI003; IBM1669I Target in assignment is a UNION. or wit...
about 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered