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Status Not under consideration
Workspace PL/I Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 29, 2016

RELATED IDEAS

Built-in Function SYSDSN

PL/I is lacking the ability to check for the existence of a dataset. Adding a built-in function like the clist SYSDSN function would be very helpful.

DECLARE
FOUND BIT(1) INIT('0'B);

FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.DATASET");
FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.PDS");
FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.PDS(MEMBER)");
FOUND = SYSDSN("MY.GDG.BASE");

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 15, 2023
    While this requirement is valid, based on our current plans and priorities for IBM PL/I for z/OS, it is not likely that this would be implemented in the next 12 months.
    Therefore this requirement is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 1, 2017

    We have some Routines that do this, but we would prefer to have a Builtin Function instead.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 13, 2016

    this could be useful, but we may choose a different name for the function than SYSDSN

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