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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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System Variable Symbol &SYSRMODE

I need a way to determine the RMODE of a CSECT from within a MACRO, if the RMODE was set via either an RMODE statement, or a CATTR statement.
about 7 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

Cobol V5/V6 - BI or MULTI ARCH in same program object

In a multi hardware context (zEC12, z13 and may be z14), the choice of the compilation level, ARCH option, is problematic:- compiling only once with the lowest level does not allow to benefit from the contributions of the hardware which can be sig...
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Reliable indicator of AMODE in F7SA chain

When using Metal C, calling an ASCmode=AR function creates an ambiguous F7SA save area (in the DSA chain). The AMODE is switched BEFORE the call (BASR) is executed, and restored AFTER the return, so the AMODE of the caller (and therefore the DSAUS...
about 7 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

MQSeries MQMD data available using an IMS INQY call.

If possible we prefer to connect our MQ Series clients using OTMA, since this solution is more scalable. To minimize allocation of IMS resources, we have made it possible to run these applications in an asyncronous way. Our challenge is to be able...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

CICS PL/I compiler issue

Problem description from Developer: "Error in CICS PL/I compile"DFHDUMMY are a variable that the integrated CICS-preprocessor add to the program source.The declare of DFHDUMMY as STATIC, trigger a warning message in all EXEC CICS statements,where ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Future consideration

How many Connection Managers were waiting for a worker in interval.

SMF111 Contains current number of connection managers waiting for a worker thread to become available (CM_CWAITING). But no information on Interval: - Total number of connection managers waiting - Peak number of connection managers waiting.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Future consideration

To flag warning during compilation if ODO variable not setup

To request for the compiler to flag situations where the ODO object variable in the linkage section is not properly set up.i.e. outside the bounds of integer-1 through integer-2
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

AD support data driven application

The core banking application is data-driven, which program execution flow is controlled dynamically by the configuration data store in DB2 table. Now AD static code scan facility can not support such use case.
about 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

INFO/INFO2 codes in Config Manager error messages should be documented

Some messages that the CICS Configuration Manager product produces contain codes, referred to as INFO and INFO2 codes, that are not documented and require involvement from IBM support before they can be interpreted, understood, and a solution for ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

not to flag ASRA and take SVC dump when ON-unit is used to handle error condition in PL/1 program

Client uses ON-unit to handle error condition in their PL/1 CICS program like this:ON FIXEDOVERFLOW BEGIN; FIXED_OUT = 999999999999999; GO TO XX999RF_EXIT; END; CICS should not flag ASRA in the transaction and take SVC dump if user chooses to use ...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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