PI95048: LEVEL 88 ITEM WITH MANY ENTRIES DEFINED AS PIC 9 GIVES EXCESSIVE ZONED COMPARISONS & PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• At OPT(1/2), a level 88 item with thousands of entries defined
  as PIC 9 can lead to excessive zoned comparisons resulting in a
  performance degradation.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V5.2 compiling     *
  *                 programs with packed-decimal data items      *
  *                 with a large amount of level 88 values.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: An IF clause checking a level 88 data   *
  *                      item with a large amount of values      *
  *                      causes the compiler to generate a       *
  *                      large internal representation of the    *
  *                      program which causes compilation time   *
  *                      to increase.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  A level 88 check expands into IF statements on each level 88
  value. A very large amount of level 88 values generates a very
  large amount of IF statements which generates very large
  internal representation of the program.
  

Problem conclusion

• The internal representation of level 88 checks for
  packed-decimal types was compacted to simplify the program's
  internal representation.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PI93063

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

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYCBE   IGYCCBE  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 IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0 IGYCLVL1
  IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL 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 IGYECWI  IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655W3200

Applicable component levels

• R520 PSY UI54486

     UP18/03/29 P F803

• R521 PSY UI54487

     UP18/03/30 P F803

• R522 PSY UI54488

     UP18/03/30 P F803

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