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PL/I Compilers

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    Change PL/I compiler behavior when generating message IBM5109 for detected infinite loop

    This RFE is to ehnace the compiler behavior for when the following message is generated: WARNING IBM5109: Infinite loop detected in function xxxxx. Program may not stop. Currently when this message is generated at compile time the message is being...
    almost 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    New EPLI INDEX-like builtin

    For ad-hoc lookups it is possible to store data, padded with suitable non-occuring fillers in a VAR CHAR variable. Checking if the data is present can subsequently be done using INDEX(haystack, needle) / POS(needle, haystack) However, both of the ...
    about 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

    A builtin function REPLACE is requested

    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* REPLACE is to replace the first occurrence of string FIND_STR /* within UPDATED_STRING with string REPL_STR. /* Start searching for FIND_STR at STARTPOS. If anything was re...
    about 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    EPLI V4.3 - VARLENGTH data-type for implementation size of VAR CHAR leading length field

    We would ask for a new data-type VARLENGTH (or something similar) which has the same size as the actual implementation size of a VAR CHAR leading length field (which is 2-bytes at the moment).
    about 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Allow %INCLUDE and %XINCLUDE to appear within preprocessor procedures

    Allow %INCLUDE and %XINCLUDE to appear within preprocessor procedures and also resolve %INCLUDEs, %XINCLUDEs, and macro invocations within ANSWER strings. Example: ? SYSLIB member QSUB: %DCL QSUB ENTRY; %QSUB: PROC; ANSWER('/* QSUB */'); %END QSUB...
    over 12 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Ext File Handler in PLI for AIX

    The PLI compiler for AIX should have an interface to an external file handler which acts like and looks like the external file handling capability in the PLI for Windows compiler.
    almost 13 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Integrate the function EVALUATE as INTERPRET in REXX

    This function can interpret a code in a string.
    over 10 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    Parameter of compiler to check the compatibility with another version of PL/I and LE.

    We would like a parameter of the compiler to verify that we do not use the new feature PL/I that would not exist in an earlier version of PL/I and LE.As explain, if I copy a load module in the environment where the version of PL/I is smaller than ...
    over 10 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Make a SELECT for use the DL1.

    Is it possible to use a SELECT instruction for make the DL1 Calls ?This possibility is done for the COBOL et why not for the PL/I.
    over 10 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    PLI for AIX 3.1: PREFIX=STRINGRANGE change runtime behaviour via environment config

    Basically the modification occuring as documented for STRINGRANGE condition should be disabled by a runtime option if possible (or a modification of compiler generated code). We present a sample program to illustrate the RFE (sample.txt)
    about 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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