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    Add *COMPRESSDBG to parameter DBGVIEW for ILE C/C++ compiler

    On I5/OS V5R4M0 IBM has added the options *NOCOMPRESSDBG / *COMPRESSDBG to the ILE Cobol Compiler commands CRTBNDCBL and CRTCBLMOD. These options are also needed for the ILE C/C++ compiler to reduce the size of the *MODULE object and later also in...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 1 Future consideration

    COBOL compiler option STDINZ required be enhanced to initialize variables

    COBOL compiler option STDINZ required to be enhanced to initialize variables based on the data type. E.g. Numeric fields to be initialize with Zeros, Character fields to be initialized with Blanks etc. This is to avoid initialization issues of the...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    novalink selection of IP interface

    Add interface selection to Novalink to allow correct network solution
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

    DDS: ASSUME keyword should be mentioned in the manual with the WINDOW keyword

    In the DDS manual for display files I would like that for the WINDOW keyword it is added that if a dummy record with the ASSUME keyword exists in the display file then the display will not be cleared. It could be added in the "related reference" s...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

    Allow the Novalink partition to perform LPM operations

    Currently LPM operations in PowerVC are performed via the GUI. Using this method also allows you to select which network (from the ones configured/available) that the operations occurs on. I think that this feature should be either via a command o...
    over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

    Self-closing tags in COBOL (IBMi)

    Creating XML messages on COBOL using XML-GENERATE has limited option when compared to Z/OS COBOL. Getting around the requirement to build XML with self-closing tags is a tedious task. Would be helpful to have this option in native COBOL.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    Add use of visibility attributes to ILE C/C++ compiler

    When creating a C/C++ module (using CRTCMOD / CRTCPPMOD) all symbols will be exported. To control the exported symbols in a service program you can only use *ALL (export all symbols) or *SRCFILE in parameter EXPORT in the command CRTSRVPGM. For se...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

    support #pragma once in C/C++

    Please add support for the non-standard but widely support #pragma once. It's way more convinient than regular include guards and would make porting software easier.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

    Compiler: Replace object without moving existing object to QRPLOBJ

    We have a LPAR which is used as a build server for ILE objects. Therefore the LPAR will only execute compiler commands, save the created objects and send them to another server. The compiled objects will never be used (called) on this LPAR. When w...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Not under consideration

    Novalink virtual fibre adapter creation

    Novalink seems to be unable to create a virtual fibre interfaces on vio server. The only option available is pvmctl vfc list. As the co-management flag is set to novalink, we cannot create a new virtual fibre interface in order to present tape to ...
    over 8 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

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