A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as new function.
Error description
If a data item was defined with a name that had already been used in the definition of a user-defined type, an error would result by design (IGYDS1587). Similarly, if a type was defined using a name that had already been used in the definition of a data item, an error would result by design (IGYDS0037).
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.5 compiling * * programs containing both a data item * * definition and a user-defined type * * definition with the same name. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: New function: A user-defined type and * * data item are now allowed to share the * * same name. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM-provided PTF. * **************************************************************** If a data item was defined with a name that had already been used in the definition of a user-defined type, an error would result by design (IGYDS1587). Similarly, if a type was defined using a name that had already been used in the definition of a data item, an error would result by design (IGYDS0037).
Problem conclusion
Temporary fix
Comments
The compiler was updated so that type names and data names are entirely independent and can no longer collide with each other, so a name can now be used as both a data name and a type name in the same scope of a program.
APAR Information
APAR number
PH67405
Reported component name
ENT COBOL FOR Z
Reported component ID
5655EC600
Reported release
650
Status
CLOSED UR1
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
YesSpecatt / New Function / Xsystem
Submitted date
2025-07-17
Closed date
2025-09-24
Last modified date
2025-10-02
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 IGYCJBLD IGYCJDMJ IGYCJDNJ IGYCJGEN IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0 IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2 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
R650 PSY UO05070
UP25/10/01 P F509
R651 PSY UO05071
UP25/10/01 P F509
R652 PSY UO05072
UP25/10/01 P F509
R65H PSY UO05073
UP25/10/01 P F509
Fix is available
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 October 2025