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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...
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Create STATIC STORAGE section for Cobol

Fixed, static, final, constant... data are embeded in the load module and move to WORKING at program initialization. For large tables in an transactional application server like CICS, it is done millions of time eating a lot of CPU. a NEW storage ...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Check the value of SQLCODE after an EXEC SQL statement

IBM shipped out of box rules include a rule called EXEC SQL: Check the value of SQLCODE after an EXEC SQL statement for Cobol Application language.Where as PL/I does not have that rule.AS per suggestion from Steve Spirk this can be raised as an RFE
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Application entry point identification

We are using a generic wrapper as a front end to our business applications. This front end uses COBOL calls, no LINK This makes the current entry point identification impossible for us. The real application identification is within a header in the...
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Not under consideration

Module and Dataset listings showing ALIAS-OF

Is it possible to capture the ALIAS-OF values for each module and dataset listed in reports?
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Not under consideration

kill transactions based on elapsed time

Provide a way for IMS to automatically timeout transactions based on the total time elapsed from the transaction first being queued.
almost 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Make the TSTB size configurable

We would like to have the option to set the number of tape status table (TSTB) slots to a different value at SIP time. Failing that, we would like to see a larger hardcoded TSTB size. The number of TSTB slots is defined in SIP macro sptabs.mac:&am...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Add a "No Signout" option to the edit CARMA action (Endevor)

When using the edit action on an element that is currently locked, CARMA stops with the error "RETURN CODE: 0012 REASON CODE: 0000 ERROR MESSAGE: C1G0503E ELEMENT IS UNAVAILABLE - RESERVED BY PKG ". I would like to be able to edit a copy of this l...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

In IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS encrypt and decrypt function/possibilty

Customer wants to store, in an PLI/CICS environment, an SSO Token in an dataspace/storage for Rest calls and they want for security reasons encrypt the stored Token! And afterward decrypt it!
almost 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Include MQ poison message handling in CICS

The JMS API uses the Backout Queue and Backout Queue Threshold defined in the queue for handling poison messages. This functionality would be very beneficial for handling poison messages in the CICS triggering facility.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IDz: Support Open New View (Ctrl+2) in COBOL, PL/I, and JCL editors

While editing COBOL, PL/I, and JCL files in IDz the LPEX editor supports View > Open New View (Ctrl+2). This option is powerful and yet unavailable in the COBOL, PL/I, and JCL editors. This causes developers to flip flop between LPEX and other ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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