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PL/I compiler should yield the same results of program when optimization is on

ON ZERODIVIDE may not be triggered under certain circumstance.
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Code Coverage should provide instruction level analysis capabilities

Code Coverage currently supports a source line view of code exection. However, there are multiple instances where it would be helpful to break down execution coverage at the instruction level.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

LE support for z/OS Log Streams

Please provide an high level language facility to read and write z/OS log streams
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

TXSeries 8.2ff: Logging Task Number of CICSAS Process ID in CPLI.out

To aid in correlating various log files the format of TD Queue CPLI (written to file 'CPLI.out') needs to be amended: Instead / in addition of the cicsas process id (pid) the task number (EIBTASKN) would be more robust. 219 CICS_EMP_FID_PROCESSID ...
over 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Alternative way for downloading offline repositories

I have trouble using the Installation Manager through our company firewall, so I tried creating an offline repository for installing IDz/Debug client. But the only way to do this is using the Packaging Utility that uses the same download mechanism...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Increse of COBOL PGT 4 Megabytes Limitation

Encountered IGYAS5159-U Procedure plus constant area exceeded 4 megabytes. "PGT" capacity was exceeded when compiling COBOL program generated via RBD 9.5. Generated COBOL program from RBD tend to be larger than purely coded COBOL coded program and...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Access DB2 from CL/SuperSession

It would be great to be able to use a DB2 database within CL/Supersession.
over 7 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Incorrect Language Icon Shown for a C++ program

Problem description and business impact Using AD 5.0.1 with the special build server patch for USAA Dynamic Calls. In the attached example PDF, GxxxxxI is a C++ program which AD is not currently able to analyze. The Callgraph is displaying this pr...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Improve startup time for IBM Explorer

When we start IBM Explorer, it will read and load more than 3,000 small files, mostly from the PLUGIN directory. These are small JAR files and parameter files. Reading all these small files from the network results in long startup times. Even if t...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 1 Not under consideration

RFE for IBM COBOL FOR AIX 5.1 SCU: AUTO REPLACE "<>" CONDITIONAL FOR "NOT="

Customer requires that IBM COBOL 5.1 FOR AIX SCU automatically replaces "<>" conditional for "NOT=". The SCU has to take into care that ocassionally, the source code can have a SQL SELECT statement with "<>" that should not be modified.
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

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