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    GitHub actions for ppc64le. Let's make ppc64le a standard!

    With the exponential emergence of ARM-based systems we think it is time to make ppc64le a third standard along with x86 and ARM. 1. The context The rise of containerization and cloud-native applications has emphasized the importance of Continuous ...
    over 1 year ago in Linux for Power / RHEL OpenShift (5639-OCP) 9 Future consideration

    Allow CALLSUBR on EXEC() parm of global MONMSG

    Currently, a global MONMSG can only have GOTO in the EXEC() parameter. With the addition of subroutines in CL, it would be beneficial to allow the CALLSUBR opcode in the EXEC() parameter to invoke a generic error handling routine. Use Case: Allowi...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

    Copy To Archive File (CPYTOARCF) Enhancement

    Please enhance the CPYTOARCF command so that it takes the specified directory as the root directory in the zip file. Example 1: CPYTOARCF FROMFILE('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest')TOARCF('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest.zip') In this case the first directo...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

    Argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function

    I would like that the argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function. For example if I was going to emulate a varying length variable then I can only get the total length of the fixed length variable, not the lengt...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

    RTVCLSRC in SRCSTMF

    When you retrieve the source of a CLP or CLLE program you must indicate a source file, for example: QCLSRC, but it is impossible to indicate the IFS example: /HOME/USER/CLLE/ . The idea is therefore to add the SRCSTMF() parameter to the RTVCLSRC c...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Future consideration

    DCL variable length variables or CALLPRC passing *BYVAL2 or *BYVAL4

    I would like the ability to declare a varying length character variable in CL. Just like in RPG. For example:DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100000) DCL VAR(&...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Future consideration

    Improvement to the DSPPGMREF command

    The command currently does not generate information about the commands used in a program.The improvement is to include information about this type of objects and be useful when performing some type of forensic analysis on the IBM i
    11 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

    Enhance PARM ELEM and QUAL statements to support 8-digit DATE value

    When creating IBM and User-written CL commands, the PARM ELEM and QUAL statements are used to define parameters. Today the TYPE parameter of those statements supports *DATE. However it always passes the value into the command processing program (C...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Future consideration

    Create and update a list with all software (vendors) and applications available on ppc64le.

    Support for an easy platform selection for appplications, present ppc64le as available. Today its more "going" x86 only since "people in general" either dont know of Power Systems or dont bother to check ppc64le alternative, therefor miss out on p...
    over 3 years ago in Linux for Power / RHEL 8 (5639-RH8) 1 Future consideration

    Provide a PARSE_CL_STMT SQL UDTF that returns parms and values

    It would be great to have a way to check CL command options similar to how we do today with PARSE_STATEMENT for SQL statements.The ideal candidate would return the parameters (kwd names) and the value the user passed to those parameter in a table ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Future consideration

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