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Workspace PL/I Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 26, 2017

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Add LOOSE | STRICT as 2nd suboption to RULES(NOPADDING))

We would like to get a new 2nd suboption to RULES(NOPADDING):

- ALL (default) or SOURCE remains as 1st suboption
- LOOSE (default) or STRICT will be added as 2nd suboption

So under RULES(NOPADDING(<x>,STRICT)) any structure that would have hang bytes or trailing padding will be flagged - either for the SOURCE only or for ALL.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 29, 2018

    This was delivered as part of compiler APAR PI99464

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 13, 2017

    I heavily count on the "suppress(nopadding)" directive.
    We use the RULES(NOPADDING) and in any case where we explicitely want the compiler to optimize the alignment we add the "SUPPRESS(NOPADDING)".

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 27, 2017

    this would be good to do in order to help users understand PL/I rules for structure mapping better

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