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Status Not under consideration
Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 4, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

Add Cobol language command for support Base64 Code/Decode

Permit Receive/Send special characters from/to MF without have conversion problems

Idea priority Urgent
  • Admin
    Nicole Trudeau
    Reply
    |     Apr 5, 2024

    Thank you for your interest in this Idea submitted in 2021 for Base64 Code/Decode support. We understand how this feature would be useful and we appreciate you taking the time to vote for it. This Idea has recently been appraised against the wider product strategy and it will not fall into IBM’s delivery plans for the next 12 months. While this Idea might be valid and we might look to deliver longer term, this Idea is being rejected at this time. The requirement will be kept in our internal Idea backlog and might be reassessed in the future.

    Nicole Trudeau, IBM COBOL Compilers Product Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 14, 2024

    Any update on this? Any plan on when it might be implemented?

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 29, 2021

    May I suggest to at least also support base64url as specified in rfc4648 as an option for the code/decode?

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 1, 2021

    This RFE is being accepted and will be updated once put into plan.

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