Getting back to the original content:
COBOL Support have identified an error in a COBOL v5.1 run-time routine, and
have opened APAR PI17184 to address it. A fixing PTF could be available as
soon as end of May, 2014.
-jc-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:24:05 +0000, Chase, John wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I learned via PMR that Rational Developer for System z ("RDz") v9.x ("latest
> >& greatest") does not
> "officially" support Enterprise COBOL v5.1. The workaround suggested by RDz
> Support was to specify
> COBOL v4.2 and XMLPARSE(XMLSS) in the RDz wizard, because COBOL v5.1 does not
> support
> XMLPARSE(COMPAT). We did that, and the resulting program source generated by
> RDz compiled "clean"
> with COBOL v5.1, but ABENDs when invoked in CICS. The same source compiled
> with the COBOL v4.2
> compiler runs fine in CICS.
> >
> >At the suggestion of the IBMer handling the RDz PMR I've opened a Request
> >for Enhancement (RFE) on
> Developerworks. You may view the RFE at:
> >
> > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=5
> > 0856
> >
> This sort of thing shouldn't require an RFE. When a vendor commits to
> supporting a product such as
> COBOL, the commitment should state, and customers should demand, that be
> _at_its_current_level_.
>
> How many ISVs reading this list would decline to support their products under
> z/OS 2.1 because they
> were purchased at 1.13? But I'd expect some latency for development and
> testing and/or requirement of
> an upgrade to the current level of the ISV product.
>
> -- gil
>
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