This release includes the following enhancements:
- Support for WCHAR data types and associated built-in function enhancements. See
Language Reference Manual for more information.
- Support for Big-Endian CHAR VARYING on Intel chipsets
- Support for PLICTF, PLIFILL, PLIMOVE, PLIOVER, VALIDDATE built-in functions
- Support for the NOINIT and PARAMETER attributes of the DECLARE statement
- Support for XN (hex) binary fixed-point and numeric literal constants, as well as for punctuating constants
- New TINY and HUGE built-in functions
- Support for character picture data types. See
Language Reference Manual for more information.
- A new PLITEST debugger attach facility
- Macro preprocessor enhancements that include:
- Support for multiple closure
- Support for 100-byte variable names
- Support for %SELECT,%DO WHILE,SYSVERSION, ||=
- Support for the
–incafter directive which allows you to add an include file without having to modify the customer source.
- The DB2 LUW precompiler now allows you to specify an userid and a password
- Early Adopter support for 64-bit PL/I on Solaris
