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Fail to open RRDS (V) in C language program

It is failed to open a RRDS(V: variable record length), would you share me some experience on this, or help me to know what's wrong and how to deal with it? The "C" program is submitted through a JCL job in MVS. And someone else met with a similar...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 5 Not under 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...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 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...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

Request new system call from LE on z/OS platform

We have a client who's using C++ collate transform() functions; and has reported an issue with its functionality. After our investigation, our development team has determined that in order to get the desired functionality, we rely on some new func...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under 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...
about 5 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 ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 4 Future consideration

Add Runtime Option to Defer Program Releases to CICS End of Task

Provide a runtime option that directs LE to not release modules upon enclave termination. Instead, let CICS release the modules at transaction end.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 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 ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

WSHB0410-1332 Improve Diagnosis of native memory leaks - Part 1

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: pela04Submitters Company: SHB PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WSHB0410-1332 Improve Diagnosis of native memory leaks - Part 1Homework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: WebSphereCurrent Status: RecognizedClosed St...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Future consideration

WUBS0410-1333 Improve Diagnosis of native memory leaks - Part 2

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: olli@ibmSubmitters Company: UBS PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WUBS0410-1333 Improve Diagnosis of native memory leaks - Part 2Homework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: WebSphereCurrent Status: RecognizedClosed ...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Future consideration