I was going to post about this but could not remember whether it was still under NDA or not and was too busy to research.
Yes! Customers told IBM what has been posted on this thread: "COBOL v5.2 is out of the question because we have existing load modules in (PDS) libraries that are *never* not allocated to a job on one system or another." (Plus "we have tons of JCL and no budget to revamp it all in some clever fashion that would facilitate a phased migration to new (PDSE) libraries.") This is IBM's solution. Just as the COBOL Binary Optimizer is IBM's solution to "recompiling is out of the question -- we have no idea whether we have source and/or whether it is current." Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: COBOL v5 On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:42:39 -0700, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: >On 2016-01-25 13:27, Mike Schwab wrote: >> One conversion tool in z/OS 2.2 is a facility that takes a PDS.DSN >> and allows you to specify PDSE.DSN that is also checked for a module >> name, >> >From IBM or from ISV? Cite? > http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS215-267 z/OS V2.2 is designed to support a new IEFOPZxx parmlib member in which you can specify pairs of partitioned (PDS and PDSE) data sets. In each pair, you can specify one that is to be searched ahead of its counterpart data set when programs are fetched. This new function is intended to allow you to insert program libraries ahead of others in the link list, in STEPLIB and JOBLIB concatenations, and for LLA-managed libraries without making JCL changes. A new DISPLAY IEFOPZ command is designed to display information about existing pair definitions, and a SET IEFOPZ command is designed to allow you to add, remove, or change pair definitions dynamically. This is expected to be useful for activities such as converting application program libraries from PDS to PDSE, as is necessary for converting to COBOL V5 (5655-W32), without requiring JCL changes. Availability of these functions is planned for December 2015 with the PTF for APAR OA47689. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
