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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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RDz Expanding Snippet functionality

Snippets in RDz offers you the ability to include code templates with or withour variable substitution.Many code snippets requires code inserted in other sections of COBOL or/and could benefit from inline programming logic to make the snippets mor...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Problem with z/OS remote search on aliased datasets

When trying to perform a remote z/OS search on an aliased datasets the search results, showed in the "z/OS remote search view", refers to the related dataset and not the alias.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Add support for function inlining at OPT(0) [Metal C]

The METAL option of the xlc compiler does not support selectively inlining functions without optimizing the rest of the code We would like to be able to use a compiler attribute (such as "__always_inline__" or "_inline") to force inlining of certa...
over 4 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

Data Set Commander Batch Utility EMPTY command additional parameter

System: Product Data Set Commander Batch Utility Author: System programmer needing work around We are in the process of sunsetting a third party vendor product in favor of IBM's Data Set Commander (DSC) Batch Utility which provides the same functi...
over 4 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Not under consideration

IMS catalog does not support non-unique column names within segment

Column names must be unique within the segment. However, for COBOL and PL/I, the field names within a data structure don't have to be unique.Only the fully qualified name - for example, data-name-1 in data-name-2 in data-name-2 - has to be unique....
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS catalog does not support all the variants of zoned decimal that COBOL supports

COBOL supports these variants of zoned decimal:Unsigned, Sign trailing, Sign trailing separate, Sign leading and Sign leading separate.The IMS catalog only supports the Sign leading separate variant.
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm high events SIISStore Into the Instruction Stream

5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm high events SIISStore Into the Instruction Stream TS003903912 We running ZOS 2.3 We running 5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm 2.06.00 When we execute job UHSMA110 on sysplex system S2U1 we exceed the guard t...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm 0 Not under consideration

5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm high events SIISStore Into the Instruction Stream case TS003903912

5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm high events SIISStore Into the Instruction Stream Numero del casoTS003903912 Descrizione We running ZOS 2.3 We running 5698-B12 Tiv Advanced Audit DFSMShsm 2.06.00 When we execute job UHSMA110 on sysplex system...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm 1 Not under consideration

TXSeries AUTOCONNECT attribute for IPIC connection

Customer hope that TX have AUTOCONNECT attribute for IPIC connection, TS does.
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

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