PH39460: IGYOS4003-E ERROR OCCURS WHEN THE MSGEXIT MEMBER NAME BEGINS WITH A VALID SPECIAL CHARACTER.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a valid COBOL exit module name starts with a special
  character (as allowed by the z/OS PDS/PDSE member name rules)
  and the compiler uses that exit module via the
  EXIT(MSGEXIT(membername)) option, the compiler fails to open
  the exit member properly.  Instead, it reports an error:
  IGYOS4003-E Invalid option "membername" was found and discarded.
  where "membername" is the name of the exit module.
  
  For example:
  
  With compiler option EXIT(MSGEXIT(@MYEXIT)), the error returned
  is IGYOS4003-E Invalid option "@MYEXIT" was found and discarded.
  

Local fix

• Rename the exit module member name to begin with an alphabetic
  character.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Enterprise COBOL V6.2       *
  *                 compiler who are specifying the EXIT         *
  *                 compiler option and whose exit module names  *
  *                 have the allowed special characters '@',     *
  *                 '#', and '$' contained in them.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When the name of a user exit module is  *
  *                      not alphanumeric, then the EXIT         *
  *                      compiler option is rejected and a       *
  *                      message such as "IGYOS4003-E Invalid    *
  *                      option "@MSGEXIT" was found and         *
  *                      discarded." will be produced.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM provided PTF and recompile     *
  *                 your COBOL programs                          *
  ****************************************************************
  The code in  the compiler option parser was only supporting
  names with alphanumeric characters.  This was a problem when
  the
  EXIT module names contained the '@', '#', and '$' special
  characters anywhere in the eight character name, which are
  allowed by the z/OS data set member naming conventions.
  

Problem conclusion

• The parser was changed so that it now allows user exit module
  names to contain the '@', '#', and '$' special characters as
  well as all alphanumeric characters.
  

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:

  PH40826

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 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 UI76842

     UP21/08/27 P F108

• R621 PSY UI76843

     UP21/08/27 P F108

• R622 PSY UI76844

     UP21/08/27 P F108

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