H06.08 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

H06.08 Installation, Migration, and Fallback
Considerations
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Default Floating-Point Type Change
symbols. The H06.08 versions of the compilers provide a command line option to
specify to specify whether or not preemptable object code is generated.
Because of the performance implications, developers should specify the option to
generate preemptable object only when building DLLs that provide preemptable
symbols.
Default Floating-Point Type Change
Beginning in the H-series RVUs, the default floating-point format used by the C/C++
compiler is changed. In G-series, the default is Tandem floating-point format; on
H-Series, the default IEEE format. The two formats are incompatible; an application
must consist of either all Tandem format modules or all IEEE format modules. Certain
HP-supplied libraries use the default IEEE format. If user programs also use the default
format, there is no problem. However, any user program that explicitly specifies the
option to use the Tandem format will encounter a linker error when attempting to load
an HP module that uses IEEE format. The recommended workaround is to compile
applications using IEEE format.
Providers of DLLs should also be aware of this default change, and take steps to
provide libraries that are compatible with both floating-point formats. This can be
accomplished in the following ways:
•
Write the library to be floating point neutral
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Provide two versions of the library, one in Tandem format and one in IEEE format.
COBOL H06.08 and Later Fallback
Starting with the H06.08 RVU, the ECOBOL compiler provides new syntax to support
dynamic memory allocation. This new feature requires the H06.08 or later version of
the COBOL Run-Time Library; thus, applications that use the feature will not run on
RVUs prior to H06.08 unless the COBOL Run-Time Library (T0357AAC) is applied.
This SPR is applicable only to H06.06 and later RVUs. Applications using the new
feature cannot be recompiled on RVUs prior to H06.08 unless the H06.08 version of
the ECOBOL compiler (T0356AAK) is applied.
Compiler Host Compiler Name Option Name
TNS/E Guardian CCOMP, CPPCOMP,
ECOBOL, EPTAL
GLOBALIZED
TNS/E OSS and
Windows
c89, ecobol -Wglobalized
Windows eptal -globalized