And for those that like tiny URLs http://tinyurl.com/zdat9n9
IBMR Enterprise COBOL for z/OSR is a leading-edge, z/OS-based compiler that
helps you create and maintain mission-critical, line-of-business COBOL
applications to execute on your z/OS systems. Enterprise COBOL for z/OS
continues to give you access to CICSR, DB2R, IMST, and other transactional and
data systems.
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS is enhanced to support the continuous delivery model.
Continuous delivery allows you to receive new and enhanced capabilities through
the compiler service channel. New features and enhancements are included in
Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) along with corrective and preventative service.
With continuous delivery, you benefit in receiving the new features that you
need as soon as the code is ready. You can now receive enhancements in a faster
and more continuous way without having to wait for the next release.
Continuous delivery is already available for Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V6.1
with the inclusion of selected features and enhancements within recently
available PTFs. Among these additional features are enhancements that you
requested to address urgent needs and are made available continuously through
the compiler service channels to deliver:
INITCHECK (A new compiler option to tell the compiler to look for
uninitialized data items)
Support for Dynamic storage in COBOL (PIC X(1)) linkage section items
Continuous delivery features for Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V6.1 are also made
available in conjunction with this announcement to help you find occurrences of
invalid data. The following are the features delivered:
NUMCHECK compiler option to check zoned decimal (NUMERIC USAGE DISPLAY) and
packed decimal (COMP-3) data items for invalid data, and binary data items for
digits exceeding what the picture clause allows.
SSRANGE (MSG) and SSRANGE (ABD) suboptions to control the runtime behavior
of the COBOL program when an invalid subscript is detected.
New features that are delivered through continuous delivery are often controlled
by compiler options or by usage of a new function. This gives you the
flexibility to control when you implement the new feature in your environment.
The two features made available in this continuous delivery release are
implemented by you using options or suboptions.
Lizette
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