PH04585: DEVELOPER FOR SYSTEM Z (IDZ) : ENTRY DECLARATION WITH FIRST PARAMETER EMPTY SHOWS SYNTAX ERRORS IN PLI EDITOR

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Developer for System z - IDz - v14.1.1
  
  Description :
  when having an ENTRY declaration in an include where the first
  parameter is empty, a syntax error is detected.
  In 14.1.1 the error in the include is unfortunately not
  displayed in the program, but there is an editor parser failure.
  In 14.1.3 the error in the include is displayed in the program
  and leads to the syntax error.
  
  Example:
  ....
  %include test1
  ....
  test1.inc
  DCL TEST2 ENTRY (                      ,
                                Bin Fixed (15),
                                     Char (10)).
  
                     RETURNS ( Bin fixed (4));
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Empty parameters in the ENTRY declaration were not valid in the
  parser.
  

Problem conclusion

• Made empty parameters in the ENTRY declaration valid in the
  parser.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z SYS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

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