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PL/I Compilers

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Compiler warning for active CICS HANDLE CONDITION on exit from procedure

If a procedure establishes a CICS HANDLE CONDITION but returns before doing an IGNORE CONDITION, the raising of a subsequent condition may result in an attempt to transfer control to the now inactive procedure. This leads to "unpredictable results...
over 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Enhance readability/usability of Attribute/Xref Table

The Attribute/Xref Table is a "grey" mass. It contains all data, but is hard to read due to the high density of the data.
almost 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Add support of assigning all values to a defined structure at once

We would like to be able to assign all values to a defined structure at once. So we would like to get the use of the VALUE function enhanced in assignments like shown below.
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Add support of UTC plus an additional local time date patterns

We would like to have the following three UTC plus an addition local time date pattern supported by the DATETIME and REPATTERN built-in functions: 1) 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS.999S99:99'2) 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS.999Z'3) 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS.999 UTC' 4) '...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

New QUOTREM() builtin

There are times when both the quotient and remainder of a division are important, such as when working with times, where it may be far more convenient to work with minutes or even seconds, then directly with the unwieldy hh:mm[:ss] format.
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Write code generation messages, generated by the backend, to SYSPRINT DD dataset if messages are linked to source code.

In the compilation output, each compiler message, with the exception of the code generation messages in the range 5000-5999, produced by the frontend starts with IBMnnnnI X where:- IBM indicates that the message is a PL/I message.- nnnn is the num...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Built-in Function SYSDSN

PL/I is lacking the ability to check for the existence of a dataset. Adding a built-in function like the clist SYSDSN function would be very helpful. DECLARE FOUND BIT(1) INIT('0'B); FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.DATASET");FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.PDS");FOUND = SY...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under 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 8 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 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Update compile procedures to 2017

Decades ago JCL was enhanced with "if-then-else" statements. Would it be possible to use this in IBM provided compile jobs?
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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