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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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Generated HTML with EGLDoc Plugin

Hi,We want to standardize all egl programs. In some parts such as programs, libraries, functions, records, items, it is essential to use "Description = #doc{ }" property.From this property we want to generate HTML such as Javadoc plugin. Thank you...
over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Documentation 3 Planned for future release

DFHCNV as RDO supported table.

Support of DFHCNV conversion translation table as RDO.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add new COBOL statements

We would like to add 5 “new” Cobol statements, which would be similar to this query for COBOL: ACCEPT statement.(dbo.StatementReference.StatementType = 7), where 7 "COBOL: ACCEPT" Here are the 5 statements;4000 "COBOL: DATE_FORMAT"4001 "COBOL: DAT...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

Cobol V6R2 - Improvement of the binary code generated for EVALUATE statement

The binary code generated for an EVALUATE statement has some defects:- dead code- test and branch not optimumProblems found with all optimization levels. The binary code generated in Cobol V4R2 option OPTIMIZE (STD) is better than the binary code ...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

zDT - Allow ADCD install to custom path

Allow the location of zOS volumes to be recognized in Tools installed in a custom path. Currently requires the path to be /home/ibmsys1/zDT/adcd. The entire path and specifically adcd directory should be able to user defined, not hard-code and req...
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Recovering from abend AICA under OTE TCB

An application can establish an abend handler by EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND, which gets control if any abend occurs, e.g. with abend code AICA. If running under OTE, an abend AICA cannot be intercepted by a user abend handler, i.e. the transaction ter...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) The toolchain should support creating an OLD/TLD deck containing a list of file system files to delete from TPF

Currently, bldtpf supports being passed a loadfile in order to create a deck containing a list of file sytsem files to load. However, there is no support to be able to create a deck that @@DELETEs a list of file system files. The load deck has to ...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

PL/I for Windows

Rectify code generation for statements like a = a * b;and a = a/b;where a and b are COMPLEX,in which the real part of the result is computed incorrectly. The imaginary part is stored directly in the result fieldinstead of in a temporary.That actio...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Raise a severe error if a unknown instruction is generated

If the Compiler/Optimizer generates an invalid unknown instruction (UNKWN), it have to raise a Severe Error. The assembly list shows unknown ?UNKWN? instructions: 000027 | ALRK r8,r7,r9 000027 | UNKWN r15,r3 000027 | UNKWN r8,r6 000027 | C r0,s.uw...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Remove the need for z/OS Connect zconsetup script manual execution after maintenance at IPL

Currently, if maintenance is applied to z/OS Connect EE (zCEE from now on) one needs to manually execute the zconsetup script for it set the variables needed under /var directory for the LPAR. This generates a dependency for customers who have mul...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration