[C400-L] Re: C400-L Digest, Vol 2, Issue 63

[EDoxtator <doc6502@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's just IBM's friendly way of telling you to USE JAVA.

However, I agree with you.  I am sorry to see that the attitude from the AIX
group ("It compiles, ship it."  It caused me endless nightmares a few years ago
when I was porting software from AIX to the AS/400 PASE environment.) seems to
have infected this aspect of OS/400 development.

-Doc

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> date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:09:48 +1000
> from: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [C400-L] More loss of function in C compiler
> 
> Not content with removing compiler support for externally described  
> database files now we have to contend with debug function being  
> removed.
> 
> Version 4 allowed OPTION(*EXPMAC) with DBGVIEW(*LIST) which was very  
> useful when debugging macro code.
> 
> Version 5 (510) exhibited problems (MCH0601 pointer errors) in some  
> cases with this combination of parameters. IBM solution is to not use  
> that combination and they intend to disallow that combination in some  
> future release. See:
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> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss? 
> uid=nas1d25be446febe5c8c86256ce50053e553&rs=110
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> That future release would appear to be 530 with message CZS2119 so  
> macro debugging is no longer allowed. So much for the bloody marvellous  
> AIX C compiler that would make porting C code to OS/400 easier.
> 
> Don't fix the problem--just stop it from occurring and remove  
> previously working behaviour in the process. Thanks a bloody lot IBM!
> 
> Who else finds this attitude unacceptable? What can we do about it?  
> This defect should be fixed instead of just being masked.
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> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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> date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 10:00:51 -0400
> from: "Buck Calabro" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [C400-L] Re: More loss of function in C compiler
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> > Who else finds this attitude unacceptable?
> 
> I do.  It goes against everything the compiler teams have ever done in
> the past.
> 
> > What can we do about it?
> 
> A DCR?  There's a link to the Design Change Request in the FAQ.
> 
> > This defect should be fixed instead of just being masked.
> 
> I agree.  I have enough trouble compiling stuff in C on iSeries
> without having to fight the compiler/debugger more with the next
> release.
>   --buck
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