Re: Teraspace enabled for MI compiler

[Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A PTF was created for V4R5 (SF65653) which provided the *ENBTS support
though this change was not propagated to V5R1 (and I doubt you're really
interested in the actual V4R5 PTF).

In V5R1 the CHGPGM command was enhanced with the TERASPACE parameter which
allows you to set the appropriate teraspace storage enablement value
(admittedly with a change in value causing the system to re-create the
program).  Use of this parameter on CHGPGM should provide a reasonable work
around for the *ENBTS option not being available on the QPRCRTPG API in V5.

My personal hope is that we would in the future go the way of most (though
not all) of the current ILE languages -- just make the program teraspace
enabled and not need an option like *ENBTS at all (which would suggest not
adding one now...).

Bruce Vining

PS - Please copy me directly on notes that you would like to make sure I
see.  I only noticed my name in this note after it had sat in my mailbox
for three days...



                                                                           
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Hi Guys,

I found APAR SA92899 in IBM's support site.

http://www-912.ibm.com/n_dir/nas4apar.nsf/
c79815e083182fec862564c00079d117/d760ca159824935b86256a32003d522d?
OpenDocument&Highlight=2,sa92899

It says:
<quote>
Abstract
OSP-QPRCRTPG ALLOW CREATED PROGRAMS TO BE TERASPACE ENABLED

Error Description
Programs created via the QPRCRTPG API interface can not be
created as teraspace enabled.

Problem Summary
Programs created via the QPRCRTPG API interface can not be
created as teraspace enabled.

Problem Conclusion
The QPRCRTPG API will be enhanced to allow the resulting program
to be created as teraspace enabled.  The program will be
created as teraspace enabled if the string *ENBTS is specifed
in the Option Template parameter.

The default behavior if *ENBTS is not specified in the Option
Template parameter will be to create the program "not"
teraspace enabled.
</quote>

The APAR status is CLOSED PER which means Programming ERror which means
they've accepted it as a defect. The APAR says the QPRCRTPG API will be
enhanced t support *ENBTS option. It was opened on 450 but I see no
sign yet of a PTF to make the correction nor do I see it added in later
releases.

The QPRCRTPG API rejects *ENBTS as a valid option on 510.

Do any of you know if this enhancement has been added yet? Can someone
try adding it to their compiler front-end on 520 or 530 and see what
happens (or just use SST to do a formatted dump of the API and search
for any valid option (e,g, *OPT) and see if *ENBTS or similar is in the
list)? Any comments from Bruce Vining?


Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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