PH56560: TRUNCATED LONG DBCS VARIABLES NAMES IN LISTING COMMENTS.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

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.x 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:

  PH55026

• 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 IGYCJBLD IGYCJGEN IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
  IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2  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

• R640 PSY UI93309

     UP23/08/31 P F308

• R641 PSY UI93310

     UP23/08/31 P F308

• R642 PSY UI93311

     UP23/08/31 P F308

• R64H PSY UI93312

     UP23/08/31 P F308

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