PH23471: MOVES OF FIGURATIVE CONSTANTS TO UTF-8 FIELDS ARE NOT SPACE PADDING AS THEY SHOULD

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Moves of figurative constants to utf-8 fields are not space
  padding as they should
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.3 compiling and  *
  *                 running programs that move a figurative      *
  *                 constant or an ALL literal that is one byte  *
  *                 in length to a fixed character-length UTF-8  *
  *                 receiver data item.                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The "unused" bytes of the fixed         *
  *                      character-length UTF-8 receiver data    *
  *                      item, i.e., those bytes that are part   *
  *                      of the data item but are not needed to  *
  *                      represent the current value stored in   *
  *                      it, are not properly padded             *
  *                      with UTF-8 blanks as is described in    *
  *                      the Enterprise COBOL Language           *
  *                      Reference.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  The "unused" bytes of the fixed
  character-length UTF-8 receiver data
  item, i.e., those bytes that are part
  of the data item but are not needed to
  represent the current value stored in
  it, are not properly padded
  with UTF-8 blanks as is described in
  the Enterprise COBOL Language
  Reference.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was updated to ensure that the unused bytes of a
  UTF-8 fixed character-length receiver are properly padded.
  

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 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  IGYQSPLT IGYZQEN6 IGYZQENU IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY UI69624

     UP20/05/27 P F005

• R631 PSY UI69625

     UP20/05/27 P F005

• R632 PSY UI69626

     UP20/05/27 P F005

• R63H PSY UI69627

     UP20/05/27 P F005

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