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Status Delivered
Workspace PL/I Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 8, 2015

EPLI V4.3 - option to suppress (overlayed) unused structure subitems from the xref output

1.0 /* Verification of "refs", "sets" */
2.0
3.0 laxl0a0: proc options(main);
4.0
5.0 1 dcl 1 str_1,
6.0 2 blz dec fixed(5),
7.0 2 ktonr dec fixed(11),
8.0 2 sum_a dec fixed(15,2),
9.0 2 sum_b dec fixed(15,2);
10.0
11.0 1 dcl 1 str_2,
12.0 2 kndnr dec fixed(9),
13.0 2 sum_2 dec fixed(15,2);
14.0
15.0 1 dcl 1 str_2__fld char(size(str_2)) based(addr(str_2));
16.0
17.0 1 on error call plidump('HB');
18.0
19.0 1 str_1.sum_a = str_1.sum_a + 100;
20.0
21.0 1 str_1.sum_b += 100;
22.0
23.0 1 end laxl0a0;

Attribute/Xref Table
Line.File Identifier Attributes
+++++++ ADDR BUILTIN
Refs: 15.0
6.0 BLZ MEMBER IN STR_1 FIXED DEC(5,0)
12.0 KNDNR MEMBER IN STR_2 FIXED DEC(9,0)
Refs: 15.0 15.0
7.0 KTONR MEMBER IN STR_1 FIXED DEC(11,0)
3.0 LAXL0A0 CONSTANT EXTERNAL
ENTRY()
OPTIONS( LINKAGE ( OPTLINK ) )
+++++++ PLIDUMP BUILTIN
Refs: 17.0
+++++++ SIZE BUILTIN
Refs: 15.0
5.0 STR_1 STRUCTURE AUTOMATIC
11.0 STR_2 STRUCTURE AUTOMATIC
Refs: 15.0 15.0
15.0 STR_2__FLD BASED CHARACTER(13) UNALIGNED
8.0 SUM_A MEMBER IN STR_1 FIXED DEC(15,2)
Refs: 19.0
Sets: 19.0
9.0 SUM_B MEMBER IN STR_1 FIXED DEC(15,2)
Sets: 21.0
13.0 SUM_2 MEMBER IN STR_2 FIXED DEC(15,2)
Refs: 15.0 15.0

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Jun 29, 2016

    Delivered as part of version 5.1

  • Guest
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    Sep 18, 2015

    a suboption to the XREF compiler option could provide this

  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - PL/I Compilers

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - PL/I Compilers