PH25167: The Compiler takes a significantly longer amount of elapsed timeand performs a significantly larger amount of I/O.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The Compiler takes a significantly longer amount of time and
  performs a significantly larger amount of I/O than compared to
  Enterprise COBOL V4.2
  
  USERS AFFECTED :
  
  Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.x compiling programs with OFFSET or
  LIST in batch mode where many COBOL programs, with a very large
  total number of lines, are contained in a single dataset member
  and are compiled at once.
  

Local fix

• BYPASS/CIRCUMVENTION:
  No
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.2 compiling     *
  *                 programs with OFFSET or LIST in batch mode   *
  *                 where many COBOL programs, with a very       *
  *                 large total number of lines, are contained   *
  *                 in a single dataset member and are compiled  *
  *                 at once.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The compiler takes a significantly      *
  *                      longer amount of elapsed time and       *
  *                      performs a significantly larger amount  *
  *                      of I/O than compared to Enterprise      *
  *                      COBOL V4.2                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  In order to allocate memory for preparing the compiler listing,
  the compiler needs to know how many lines of COBOL code are in
  the input file. The compiler determines this by opening the
  input file, jumping to the end, and reading the position in the
  file. When many programs are combined into one source file,
  this means jumping to the end of all of them. These file
  operations, while not too expensive on their own, were done
  multiple times for every program in the file (once for each
  program plus one or more times per program for the additional
  compiler-generated methods), so the total cost of this I/O was
  expensive.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was fixed to keep track of the maximum line number
  when it first read the lines for the program being compiled,
  eliminating the need for additional file I/O to find the
  maximum number of lines.
  

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:

  PH27540 PH28464 PH29544

Modules/Macros

• IGY8CICS IGY8RWRD 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
  IGYCOB2  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 UI71111

     UP20/08/29 P F008

• R621 PSY UI71112

     UP20/08/29 P F008

• R622 PSY UI71113

     UP20/08/29 P F008

• R62H PSY UI71114

     UP20/08/29 P F008

Fix is available

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