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PL/I Compilers

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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...
almost 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...
almost 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...
almost 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 ...
almost 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...
about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

PL/I compiler should yield the same results of program when optimization is on

ON ZERODIVIDE may not be triggered under certain circumstance.
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

LE support for z/OS Log Streams

Please provide an high level language facility to read and write z/OS log streams
over 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

PL/I for AIX string variables are not displayed correctly using IBM Debugger/Rational Developer applications.

Variables containing unprintable characters are not displayed correctly in "(x)= Variables" view. Apparently this is reproducible when a binary NUL is present, which carries no special meaning in CHAR NONVAR variables in PL/1. This severely limits...
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Runtime variable substitution

Support for runtime variable substitution would make what has to be done currently with long select statements much easier to code and require much less code.
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Correct Picture Representation of Floating Point Numbers

When using picture specification to display a floating point number field, (for example P'(15)S9V.(4)9' output for a FLOAT DEC(16) variable), the output is not always accurate. The decimal portion is frequently wrong. For example, a number ending ...
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

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