PH54547: INSPECT CONVERTING STATEMENT, RESULT IS NOT CORRECT WITH COBOL V6.4 BUT CORRECT WITH V6.3

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• INSPECT CONVERTING statement, result is not correct with COBOL
  v6.4 but correct with v6.3
  
  ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS:
  Instead of converting single characters from literal1 to the
  corresponding characters in literal2, the compiled program
  searched for literal1 and replaced the entire string with
  identifier2.
  

Local fix

• BYPASS/CIRCUMVENTION:
  None
  
  RECOVERY ACTION:
  Apply PTF
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.4 compiling      *
  *                 programs with INPSECT A CONVERTING B TO C    *
  *                 where B is either a literal or is            *
  *                 determined to be a constant value by the     *
  *                 optimizer, C is a data item that is not      *
  *                 determined to be a constant value by the     *
  *                 optimizer, and the lengths of B and C are    *
  *                 greater than 1 if the program is compiled    *
  *                 at ARCH(10) or greater than 8 if the         *
  *                 program is compiled at ARCH(11+).            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Instead of converting single            *
  *                      characters in A that are found in B to  *
  *                      the corresponding characters in C, the  *
  *                      compiled program searched for           *
  *                      occurrences of the entire contents of   *
  *                      B in A and replaced them with C.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF                       *
  ****************************************************************
  The compiler incorrectly determined it was safe to generate
  instructions for the INSPECT CONVERTING statement, rather than
  call the COBOL Runtime to do the work.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was fixed to correctly determine it is unsafe to
  generate instructions for this particular INSPECT CONVERTING
  statement, and it now correctly calls the COBOL Runtime instead.
  

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:

  PH56952

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 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 UI92327

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R641 PSY UI92328

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R642 PSY UI92329

     UP23/06/28 P F306

• R64H PSY UI92330

     UP23/06/28 P F306

Fix is available

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