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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/TPF Product Family
Categories TPF Toolkit
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 11, 2014

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Global Symbol Pointer List (originally V06004F)

TPFUG_Req_Number: V06013F
Contact Originator Id: kirtisri.samarasuriya@sabre-holdings.com
Abstract: TPF Toolkit Debugger Global Variable Symbol Pointer List feature should be fixed and/or enhanced to support List Items as valid expression types.
Description: Current TPF Toolkit Debugger Global Symbol Support enables a list of pointers to be returned and displayed. The display consists of an Array of Pointers with expressions of type 'array item'. For example, the DECB Global Symbol is displayed using expressions, DECB[0], DECB[1], etc.

The Pointer Values display correctly but the variables cannot be directly evaluated (de-referenced) since the expression (ex. DECB[0]) passed to TPF Resolving Functions are not supported/recognized as valid.
Full support for array item expressions of type DECB[0] should be provided since this type of expression is already used by IBM (DECB, DFOPEN) and is important for the addition of other symbols of similar type.
Solution Considerations: The TPF Resolving Functions must support 'pointer array item' expressions and respond correctly to the TPF Toolkit Client consistent with right clicking and evaluating any other type of Global Symbol Variable.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 9, 2016

    IBM believes that the idea is unsound and does not recommend implementation by either IBM or end users and/or the idea is counter to future directions.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/TPF

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - z/TPF

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