PH55026: TRUNCATED LONG DBCS VARIABLES NAMES IN LISTING COMMENTS.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Long DBCS data item names exceed the length limit of comments in
  the listing and are truncated before running into closing SI
  flag, which leaves the DBCS shows a garbled last character.
  

Local fix

• Use shorter or non-DBCS variable names.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.3 compiling      *
  *                 programs with LIST that have data item       *
  *                 names that contain more than 11 DBCS         *
  *                 characters.                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Long DBCS data item names exceed the    *
  *                      length limit of comments in the         *
  *                      listing and are incorrectly truncated   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF                       *
  ****************************************************************
  The compiler truncates long DBCS variables names in listing
  comments without ensuring that the DBCS characters are
  properly encoded
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was fixed to properly encode DBCS characters for
  variable names in listing comments
  

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:

  UI92725 UI92726 UI92727 PH56560 PH56951

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 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 UI92725

     UP23/07/21 P F307

• R631 PSY UI92726

     UP23/07/21 P F307

• R632 PSY UI92727

     UP23/07/21 P F307

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