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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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SuperC - Do Not Report Spacing Changes Unless Within Quotes

There is an existing option, DLREFM (suppress reformatted lines from the listing) which although it does suppress the reformatted lines from the OLD file, it does not suppress them from the NEW file. Another option, REFMOVR, suppresses reformatted...
almost 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 3 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Way to not display the IGZ0201W message at runtime

For a file in Variable format with read acces, the COBOL runtime performs a check on the LRECL. By default, if the LRECL does not match the program statement this triggers an abend and an IGZ0035S message. If we declare a FILE-STATUS on the file, ...
almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Align the behavior of the EXIT instruction with the ISO standard

In the ISO COBOL standard, the EXIT statement should only be used as a single statement in the single sentence of a paragraph or section.It allows a paragraph or section to be declared without a meaningful statement, usually for the purpose of bei...
almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

WUI : Display a POP up message for Confirmation

Hello Hello,On WUI EYUVC1280I view, when a click is made on the "Update" button and the update concerns a field from the "Workload Management (WLM)" section, will it be possible to display a pop-up message requesting a confirmation of the change.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Need a Symparm to reduce default (10x) initialization of Dynamic Array

When EGL is generated to COBOL a definition of Dynamic Array gets initialized by default 10 times. We would like to have a Symbolic Parameter (BuildDescriptor) to reduce this default initialization to less (ex. 1 time) to reduce memory consumption.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Memory de-allocation of Library Function variables before leaving the function

We would like to see the automatic de-allocate of the local Library Function Variables before leaving the Function. This would reduce the memory consumption of the CICS Transaction.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Planned for future release

RDz/IDz - Prompt for override signout option in CARMA

When an element is added/updated in Endevor through CARMA, we would like to have a prompt if the Override signout option is checked in the "Edit Element" menu. Right now, configurable prompts are available from Preferences>CARMA for deletion an...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

product needs to display sumary of 4HRA for all lpars

Customer wants to track spending for hardware which is summary of 4HRA for all lpars. The products does not provide a summary of this.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

Move I/O Data Buffers Above the Line

Alter the DCB for standard I/O, reading from SMF input files, to place I/O buffers above the line via the macro DCBE versus DCB. Currently, all buffers are taken from below the line, which is a limited resource.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

SQL : génération des indicateurs DB2 incompatibles avec gestion des ruptures

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NUMERO............: 831111 ( CGI 1071 ) TYPE..............: T NON CONFORMITE TECHNIQUE ETAT..............: 01 EVENEMENT DECRIT, A DECLARER GRAVITE...........: P SEVERIT...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

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