PH05954: CICS HANDLE CONDITION STATEMENT IS BEING REPORTED AS DEAD/UNREFERENCED CODE.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Paragraph in a CICS HANDLE CONDITION statement is being reported
  as dead/unreferenced code.
  
  
  For example :
  
  EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION ERROR (5000-HANDLE-CONDITION)
  END-EXEC.
  
  
  The dead code report shows 5000-HANDLE-CONDITION    as dead
  code.  This is not correct.
  

Local fix

• n.a
  

Problem summary

• CICS HANDLE CONDITION Being reported as dead code
  

Problem conclusion

• Paragraph in a CICS HANDLE CONDITION statement is being reported
   as dead/unreferenced code.
  
  The defect was triggered by dereferencing a null pointer. The
  fix consists in checking the pointer and dereferencing it only
  if it is not null.
  

Temporary fix

• n.a
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APPL DISCOVERY

• Fixed component ID

  5737B1600

Applicable component levels