PH12947: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (IDZ) ZUNIT INCORRECTLY GENERATES A CONTINUATION FOR LITERALS GREATER THAN 32 CHARACTERS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Developer for z Systems - IDz - v14
  When generating test data for a COBOL program that contains a
  literal value greater than 32 the generated code does not
  correctly create a continuation.
  
  The subsequent program fails to compile.  The following
  compiler errors may be seen in the COBOL listing:
  
  00411  3 EXPECT-DS-MSG-LEN PIC S9(9) COMP-5 VALUE 30.
  
  00412  3 LIST-TITLE-MSG.
  
  00413  5 PIC X(33) DISPLAY VALUE '****** FILE: MSNGDESC-FILE
  00414                    ******'.
  Will cause these errors:
  
  00414 IGYGR1056-E "VALUE" literal
         "'****** FILE: MSNGDESC-FILE        '"
  exceeded the length specified in the "PICTURE" definition.
  The literal was truncated to the "PICTURE" definition length.
  
  000414                    ******'.
  
  000414 IGYDS0007-E An alphanumeric literal was not properly
  continued.  The end of the literal was assumed on the last
  source line.
  

Local fix

• None available
  

Problem summary

• When generating test data for a COBOL program that contains a
  literal value greater than 32 the generated code does not
  correctly create a continuation.
  

Problem conclusion

• If the statement to be output is divided into continuation lines
   long in the middle of a literal, literal processing is
  performed, but if division is performed not in the middle of a
  literal, division is performed in units of tokens and output. It
   was not checked if it was a literal.
  Fix is to check whether it is a literal or not.
  

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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