Implementation of
Language Environment caused
changes in the runtime routines that manage
OS/VS COBOL SORT
or MERGE. If an
OS/VS COBOL program
initialized the SORT or MERGE, the following changes apply:
- Language Environment will
not produce a Language Environment dump
if a program check or abnormal termination occurs while in a SORT or MERGE
user exit.
- OS/VS COBOL debug
data will not be produced if a program check or abnormal termination occurs
while in a SORT or MERGE user exit.
- Language Environment will
not perform environment cleanup if a program check or abnormal termination
occurs while in a SORT or MERGE user exit.
- While in an input or output procedure, if an assembler program is called,
the assembler program cannot call a COBOL program.
- If a program check occurs while in a SORT or MERGE user exit, the application
will end with abend U4036. For information on how to find the state of the
registers and PSW at the time of the program check, see Language Environment Debugging Guide and Run-Time Messages.