Problem Note 60863: Macro statements might execute within a PL1 style comment
If a macro invocation is followed by a PL1 style comment and the comment contains macro statements, the macro statements might execute.
For example, in the code below, the macro iShouldNotRun is incorrectly executed within the comment:
%macro outer(dummy);
%put &sysmacroname is running;
%inner()
%mend outer;
%macro inner(dummy);
%put &sysmacroname is running;
%mend inner;
%macro iShouldNotRun(dummy);
%put &sysmacroname is running;
%mend iShouldNotRun;
%outer()/*%iShouldNotRun() but I do */
To circumvent this problem, do one of the following:
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
If a PL1 comment follows a macro invocation, the macro statements inside the comment might execute.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | low |
| Date Modified: | 2017-08-04 15:40:51 |
| Date Created: | 2017-08-01 15:34:42 |