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Enhance the sum() builtin function and add two siblings

The SUM builtin function is a very useful feature of PL/I. However, unlike many other builtin functions it does not accept structures as argument.

almost 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

6 VOTE

New builtin to replace ''

Initializing large structures, especially in procedures that are called many times, using '' is something that should rightly be frowned upon, and wherever possible, such initialisations should be done only once, saving the initialised structure i...

almost 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

2 VOTE

PL/1 Maven Plugins

I want a maven plugin that allows us putting source code into maven projects and compile them on the mainframe.

almost 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

4 VOTE

new suppress prefix

The compiler has a lot of useful informations and warnings.Some of this couldn't be eliminated at time - therefore the message list get longer and longer - the risk to overlook a new message increase.As developer I want to accept a message for a s...

about 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

2 VOTE

init for alias

If you define an alias you may want some default init values for that type.If you would can add the init attribute to the type definition and use the value(::) keyword on the allocation, similar to define structure, you can use specific init value...

over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

4 VOTE

XMLCHAR Builtin function to support DBCS

Enhance XMLCHAR PL/I built-in function, to support the DBCS characters. Today it supports only Single byte Alphanumeric, numeric, decimals and String values.

over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 6 Not under consideration

2 VOTE

BY NAME, Mis-Matched Level Numbers

A compiler warning should be issued when there is a level number mis-match on an assignment statement using BY NAME. Currently there is no compile-time notification that there is a problem. We only find out at runtime and only if data conditions e...

over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 7 Not under consideration

1 VOTE

REWIND Command

When repeatedly reading a dataset, the ability to reposition to the first record in the dataset is desirable over repeatedly closing and opening the dataset. REWIND is a FORTRAN V2.6 command. I don't care what the command is called when implemente...

almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

1 VOTE

Allow REFER option on WSDL structures

Arrays with the REFER options are currently not allowed in WSDL files (Cics Web Services). At compile time, we get the following message: DFHPI9540E Unsupported keyword " REFER " has been found. REFER is not allowed for the WSDL The equivalent Cob...

almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

1 VOTE

Allow INIT clause on the DEFINE ALIAS statement

It could be beneficial, when defining an alias, to define as well a default initial value. When this alias is used in a variable declaration, this initial value would be automatically applied. Example: DEFINE ALIAS CASH_AMOUNT DEC FIXED(18,2) INIT...

almost 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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PL/I Compilers

Enhance the sum() builtin function and add two siblings

New builtin to replace ''

PL/1 Maven Plugins

new suppress prefix

init for alias

XMLCHAR Builtin function to support DBCS

BY NAME, Mis-Matched Level Numbers

REWIND Command

Allow REFER option on WSDL structures

Allow INIT clause on the DEFINE ALIAS statement

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