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PL/I Compilers

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Enhanced(?) "NOELSEIF" compiler RULES() option

One of the sub-options of the compiler RULES() options keyword is (NO)ELSEIF, to flag long deeply nested IF-THEN-ELSE-IF-THEN-ELSE-IF-THEN... statements, for potential replacement by SELECT-WHEN-WHEN-OTHER statements.
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

New builtins SELECTVALUE and SELECTWHEN

based on builtin IFTHENELSE(expr, truepart, falsepart) we want to have two new builtins for select-functionality:SELECTVALUE(expr, value1, result1, value2, result2, ... , otherresult)SELECTWHEN(whenexpr1, result1, whenexpr2, result2, ... , otherre...
about 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Partial qualified usage of Typed Struct members

Typed struct members seems to need full qualification all the time while "basic" struct members can be used partially qualified (if unique).Wouldn't it be great if typed struct members could be partially qualified too (if unique)?
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

GENERIC should support defined structs.

Given the fact that defined structs can/should be used to improve structure and subsequently readability and hopefully quality of code, it would be great if i could use them in GENERIC entries.
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

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

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

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

PL/1 align Left / align Right Functions

I have seen the new functions in PL/I 5.1/5.2 for inserting characters behind and befor a string (LEFT,RIFHT). First a thaught this would be functions to align a string in an variable storage, because this is what I am searching for, but when I tr...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Simplify left/right

I know you wanted to have all possibilites in left / right, but I think the 2 parameter in the functions should be optional, because no programmer wants to spezify the length of the target. If I have an "=" the left side is the target, the length ...
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Error handling for REPATTERN

The REPATTERN builtin function throws the ERROR condition when date format errors occur. Current ON ERROR processing requires a GOTO to be used to handle the error. Would prefer that the ON ERROR unit support a normal return to the instruction imm...
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

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