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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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ZTPF - Recoup option to compare P & D and report mismatch - also parm to copy one to the other.

Optional Parm for Recoup to COMPARE Prime & Dupe copy and report mismatches. This option should have a secondary PARM which when requested applies the selected copy to the other.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 5 Not under consideration

TPF MongoDB updates and DF manages Sequence Numbers

TPF MongDB updates should use the DF manages sequence number, if defined. The enforcement of the sequence number use should be configurable at a system and table level. Knowledge of the DF sequence number should not need to be known by the client ...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Configurable limit on TPF MongoDB Responses

The ability to configure an upper limit to the size of a response returned by the TPF MongoDB server. The administrator should have the ability to set 3 different limits.1) A system wide limit2) A table specific limit3) A user account limit.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

RDz remote preprocessor - cannot view declaration for variables within the mouse over code for generated statements.

Would be nice to be able to look at (mouse over) the declarations for variables within the mouse over area of the flagged preprocessor statements. ie. as we can for variables within the input source itself. We can already see declarations for copy...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDz Remote Preprocessor not flagging some lines generated by Netron CAP Processor

We have configured the RDz remote preprocessor to execute a Netron COBOL preprocessor on the host...via REXX. The process seems to work OK for most Netron source but for some cases, many of the lines are incorrectly identified as preprocessor stat...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Reduce compiler messages with the same ID and text for a line

Enterprise PL/I V5.2 issues too many compiler messages with the same ID and text for a line. Please see the attached file. It is an example code of issuing same messages for a line performing arithmetic operations of FIXED DEC using structure name...
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

CICS PA - Improve Data Dictionary mass update process

When using the "Mass update" option to populate the data dictionary file then only the details for the last CICS region to be processed is recorded in the Data Dictionary file. If you need to use Data Dictionary files then you need to have a separ...
over 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 0 Future consideration

Support for run-time elements in dynamically called program names

The following situation is pervasive across the Tesco Continuous Replenishment application. Program JL0F30 has a call to JL0F40 using the following variable: 03 JLF40-PROGRAM-NAME PIC X(8) VALUE "JL F40". (Note the embedded space in the program na...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 5 Not under consideration

Create a global user exit for RESETTIME

Desire a global user exit to be invoked when RESETTIME processing occurs. This would enable our product (TMON/CICS) to adjust its handling of time values to match that of CICS. In particular an outstanding WAIT EXTERNAL could be adjusted to operat...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Having the compiler points out invalid move

During the COBOL 6 migration we encounter several cases where some invalid data are moved into numeric edited decimal data. Eg: 01 W-PIC9-1 PIC 9.01 W-PIC9-2 PIC 9. MOVE 'à' TO W-PIC9-1[...]IF W-PIC-9-1 = W-PIC9-2[...]Could supply you with the rea...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Is a defect

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