PM91242: Passing a substring of an arrayed item to a function produces a compiler error

Rational Business Developer Fix Pack (8.5.1.1) for 8.5.1
Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 2 (8.5.1.2) for 8.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Passing a substring of an arrayed item to a function produces a
  compiler error
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The problem occurs when trying to pass a substring of a
  variable, that happens to also be an arrayed item, to a system
  function. The array index is erroneously placed against the
  temporary variable that is created  to hold the value, instead
  of the original variable. This causes a compiler error as COBOL
  is expecting the array index against the arrayed variable.
  

Problem conclusion

• The software has been updated to check for this situation, which
   will then place the array index variable against the original
  variable being passed, instead of the temporary variable.
  

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

  RATL BUS DEV

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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