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Provide RPTSTG detailed information

Externalize the DSECTS or provide an API to obtain the LE HEAP and stack information collected when an application is using RPTSTG(ON)
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

strnlen.c support

strnlen.c is a widely available function in open systems/open source. Currently we have to code our way around this not being natively available in z/OS c/c++. strlen.c is available on z/OS and it would be a great enhancement for us if strnlen.c w...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

Enhance APIs, such as __login_applid() and __pthread_security_np() to support obtaining messgaes from the underlying RACROUTE

RACROUTE VERIFY ENVIR=CREATE provides the ability to return messages back from RACF to the caller of RACROUTE. With the introduction of Multi-Factor Authentication in 2016, these messages provide useful and in some cases essential information back...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

es_ES.ISO8859-15 requested

We need locale es_ES.ISO8859-15.Many different locales are shipped with z/OS as described on ' z/OS® XL C/C++ Programming Guide', 'Compiled locales' section:http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.cbcpx01/loccomp.h...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

Handle LamAlef character when converting from z/OS to Windows

There is a special handling for LamAlef character when converting from Visual (zOS) to Implicit (Windows) and vise versa. The LamAlef character is expanded into two characters (Lam and Alef) and uses the spaces in the source buffer for its expansi...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

LE modification for fork thread behaviour

There are multiple instances in the the core python implementation and in pypi packages where a thread calls fork and the child process tries to create a thread using pthread_create but results in an error. This error is due to the LE design imple...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Provide an interface to regular expression processing for LE conforming languages

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSLANG12001; Voting Priority=2.6 +5=1 +4=4 +3=10 +2=6 +1=3 abstain=2 -1=1 Priority=2.6 IBM should provide an interface to regular expression processing from LE conforming languages that does not require th...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Future consideration

Change key run-time services routines Language Environment to enable time virtualization software

Time virtualization software like ASG Technologies ValidDate, IBM HourGlass and Compuware Xpediter/Xchange must front-end the operating system Time Service routines and Language Environment runtime to allow users to test applications with future d...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Add support for POSIX.1-2001 posix_spawn() and helper functions

Just to avoid any possible confusion, this is not asking for spawn(). The posix_spawn() function and a set of supporting functions provides the user a wrapper around exec/fork and enables them to create child processes with much more control other...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

CICS with COBOL v5 recognize need for binder programs

There is new requirement when using COBOL ver 5 and program uses TEST option to include SYS1.MIGLIB and SYS1.SIEAMIGE in the DFHRPL. If the binder programs are not available, the region suffers from various storage violations. CICS should be able ...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 4 Future consideration

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