PI22270: PLI END COMMENT INDICATOR */ SPLITTED OVER TWO LINES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CICS translator for PL/1 comment out each EXEC CICS statement
  and create a DO; statement instead. If by accident the delimiter
  of an EXEC CICS command, the semicolon (;) is on column 68, the
  */ is disrupted. The * is coded in the first line, the / on the
  next line. When this listing is saved as a side-file, the
  debugger using this side-file gets into trouble
  

Local fix

• Code PL/1 delimiter for EXEC CICS statement not in column 68.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The PL/I translator may split an end    *
  *                      comment delimiter over two lines and    *
  *                      cause problems for the RDz PL/I Debug   *
  *                      Tool.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When the CICS translator turns an EXEC CICS command into PL/I
  code, the EXEC CICS command is commented-out by adding slash
  asterisk at the beginning and asterisk slash at the end. If
  the EXEC CICS statement's semi-colon is in column 68, the
  trailing asterisk slash is split over two lines. While this
  doesn't cause a problem for PL/I compiler, it does for Debug
  Tool.
  Keywords: PL/1 PL1 PLI
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHEPMPP has been changed and will no longer split a comment
  delimiter over 2 lines if the default MARGINS setting of
  MARGINS(2,72,0) is used.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI20133 UI20134

Modules/Macros

• DFHEPMPP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY UI20133

     UP14/08/07 P F408

• R900 PSY UI20134

     UP14/08/07 P F408

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