IBM PL/I Refresh 2.1.11 Enhancements/Fixes

The following enhancements and changes have been added:

The following changes have been made to increase compatibility with the old host compiler:

The BIFPREC option has been added. Under BIFPREC(15), the INDEX, LENGTH and VERIFY built-in functions will return a FIXED BIN(15) value, but under BIFPREC(31), they will return a FIXED BIN(31) value.
For compatibility with earlier releases of PL/I for Windows, BIFPREC(31) is the default.

The following compiler/library and VisualAge PL/I component problems have been fixed since the last fixpak:

All fixes delivered to individual customers since the last fixpak have been incorporated into this fixpak.
All fixes made to the host VisualAge compiler and library have also been incorporated into this fixpak.
The latest FixPak for DB2 V7 must be applied for PL/I programs with imbedded EXEC SQL statements to compile correctly. DB2 APAR IY16784 corrects this problem. Information on the DB2 FixPaks and instructions to download them can be found here.
Additional information on VisualAge PL/I Component updates, prerequisites, and known problems and limitations can be found in the main VisualAge PL/I Readme file.