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Have z/OS C support -qascii options properly

Trying to use the -qascii compile option, facilities like printf print in ASCII on my TSO OMVS terminal - do not display the text properly - they display the stuff in ASCII. I have to do additional work to get this to work - Or issue the command p...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

LE individual modules CEEROPT and CEEUOPT should be treated the same

CEEROPT and CEEUOPT allow for the passage of LE options at the individual job/application level. However, currently CEEROPT and be loaded from STEPLIB while CEEUOPT requires that it be linked with the application/program. CEEROPT is for region lev...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Print LE conforming assembler Stack frame storage in CEEDUMP

First I am not sure why LE Stack frame storage is considered language dependent and requires the language to format and print for CEEDUMP. Maybe it is assumed that there will be symbolic data available to match the fields with labels. The LE entry...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

LE should give an error for an attempt to start a new enclave in a single-enclave environment

An LE environment that is set up for a single enclave only will not support an attempt to start a second enclave. Currently, if this is attempted in COBOL, the result is a S0C1 in CEEBPIRA. An APAR is open that will change this to be a U4093-92 ab...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Provide option for open() and fopen() to set the CCSID of a newly created file

Support a new environment variable that would make LE's runtime open() and fopen() functionsset the attribute of a newly created file to a given CCSID. This environment variable could be named something like _EDC_NEW_FILE_CCSID. If set, for exampl...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Remove restriction on MVS files being closed when a thread ends

Knowledge Center documents the restriction that "All MVS files opened from a given thread and still open when the thread is terminated are closed automatically by the library during thread termination." (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Allow disposition to be specified on fopen

DISP=SHR cannot be set when fopening a file in write mode. In read mode it defaults to DISP=SHR. If the file is a PDS(E) member, this locks out the whole PDS(E) so that no-one can browse the other members. If you use a DD Card, then you can specif...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

Search path for DLLs in Executable

Linux has a mechanism to have a default search path embedded in an executable when it tries to load a shared library, equivalent to DLL's on z/OS, called rpath. This path takes precedence over some default search paths such as system search paths ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Specify NONOVR for RUNOPTS at the application level

We would like a way to specify NONOVR at the application level (CELQUOPT CEEXOPT), similar to the region level https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ceea500/clfdop64.htm#clfdop64Currently, the NONOVR/OVR are not...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Provide an option to prevent RPTSTG(ON) from internally resetting the initial stack size

When RPTSTG(ON) option is set, LE resets the initial stack size to 1MB for 64-bit applications. This is fine for code in which LE automatically expands the stack when needed, however for generated code (as in JavaScript code from Node.js) in which...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration