PH04770: THE HEX-OF AND BIT-OF INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS DO NOT ACCEPT POINTER ARGUMENTS.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The issue is that when the HEX-OF and BIT-OF intrinsic
  functions are currently used with pointers, the following
  message is produced:
  
      49  IGYPS2292-S   Function argument "P" did not have the
  correct type for
                         function "HEX-OF[BIT-OF]".  The
  statement was discarded.
  
  Affects V6.2 only
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.2 compiling      *
  *                 programs using the HEX-OF and/or BIT-OF      *
  *                 intrinsic functions with a pointer           *
  *                 argument.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Compiler message:                       *
  *                                                              *
  *                      IGYPS2292-S Function argument           *
  *                      "P" did not have the correct type for   *
  *                      function "HEX-OF[BIT-OF]". The          *
  *                      statement was discarded.                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  The compiler normally blocks pointer arguments for all intrinsic
  functions, except LENGTH and BYTE-LENGTH. However, the
  exception should have been extended to the HEX-OF and BIT-OF
  intrinsic functions to improve debugging.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was updated to allow pointer arguments for the
  HEX-OF and BIT-OF intrinsic functions.
  

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:

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 IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
  IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2E IGYCOPI
  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 UI59885

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R621 PSY UI59886

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R622 PSY UI59887

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R62H PSY UI59888

     UP18/11/29 P F811

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