PI97629: EXCESSIVE COMPILE TIME WITH INITIALIZING LARGE FILE RECORD GROUPS AT OPT(2)

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Excessive compile time with initializing large file record
  groups at OPT(2).
  

Local fix

• Use OPT(0).
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.2 compiling     *
  *                 programs at OPT(1/2) that contain            *
  *                 INITIALIZE statements on very large groups   *
  *                 in the FILE SECTION.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Excessive compile time.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  In some cases optimizations would slow down with a large amount
  of file address calculations.
  

Problem conclusion

• Compiler was updated to handle large amount of file address
  calculations efficiently.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PI95477

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

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN
  IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCDOPT 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 IGYCOB2
  IGYCOPI  IGYCOPT  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  IGYZQDRV
  IGYZQENU IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY UI56120

     UP18/06/01 P F805

• R621 PSY UI56121

     UP18/06/01 P F805

• R622 PSY UI56122

     UP18/06/01 P F805

• R62H PSY UI56123

     UP18/06/01 P F805

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