PI72110: IBM RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (RDZ/IDZ) THE PLI PARSER FAILS TO FLAG LINES THAT ARE MISSING A SEMICOLON

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 3 (9.5.1.1) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 4 (9.5.1.4) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.5) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.6) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 7 (9.5.1.7) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 8 (9.5.1.8) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 9 (9.5.1.9) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 10 (9.5.1.10) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 11 (9.5.1.11) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 12 (9.5.1.12) for 9.5.1.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Rational Developer for System z - RDz - v9.5.1.1
  IBM Developer for z Systems - IDz - v14
  
  The PLI parser will flag lines that don't have errors if a
  semicolon is missing from a previous line.
  
  Sometimes this means that many lines are flagged as in error
  when only one line is actually is causing the problem because
  it is missing a semicolon.
  
  For example, in the following 2 lines you will see an error on
  line 2 instead of line1:
  
      GET.TEST_NR       = WORK_MEMBER_NUMBER
      GET.SEG_SEQ_NR    = WORK_PROP_SEG_SEQ;
  
  If the semicolon is missing from a SELECT statement then you
  may see lots of parser errors following this line:
      SELECT(TEST2)
         WHEN('TEST')
  
            DO;
            END;
         OTHERWISE
            DO;
            END;
      END;
  

Local fix

• Check for missing semicolons and correct starting from the
  first parser error and looking above.
  

Problem summary

• The RDz PL/I parser fails to flag lines that are missing a
  semicolon, resulting in other unrelated syntax warnings.
  

Problem conclusion

• Modified the parser to smoothly handle missing semicolons in
  some scenarios.
  
  The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for z Systems V9.5.1.3 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z SYS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R951 PSY

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