A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Moves of figurative constants to utf-8 fields are not space padding as they should
Local fix
N/A
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.3 compiling and * * running programs that move a figurative * * constant or an ALL literal that is one byte * * in length to a fixed character-length UTF-8 * * receiver data item. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The "unused" bytes of the fixed * * character-length UTF-8 receiver data * * item, i.e., those bytes that are part * * of the data item but are not needed to * * represent the current value stored in * * it, are not properly padded * * with UTF-8 blanks as is described in * * the Enterprise COBOL Language * * Reference. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF. * **************************************************************** The "unused" bytes of the fixed character-length UTF-8 receiver data item, i.e., those bytes that are part of the data item but are not needed to represent the current value stored in it, are not properly padded with UTF-8 blanks as is described in the Enterprise COBOL Language Reference.
Problem conclusion
The compiler was updated to ensure that the unused bytes of a UTF-8 fixed character-length receiver are properly padded.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PH23471
Reported component name
ENT COBOL FOR Z
Reported component ID
5655EC600
Reported release
630
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2020-03-19
Closed date
2020-05-20
Last modified date
2020-06-01
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Modules/Macros
IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4 IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE IGYCINIT IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8 IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0 IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2E IGYCOPI IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL IGYCRWT IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3 IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV IGYEQCWI IGYMSGE IGYMSGK IGYMSGT IGYQCBE IGYQSPLT IGYZQEN6 IGYZQENU IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
Fix information
Fixed component name
ENT COBOL FOR Z
Fixed component ID
5655EC600
Applicable component levels
R630 PSY UI69624
UP20/05/27 P F005
R631 PSY UI69625
UP20/05/27 P F005
R632 PSY UI69626
UP20/05/27 P F005
R63H PSY UI69627
UP20/05/27 P F005
Fix is available
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Document Information
Modified date:
12 December 2023