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Problem Note 70621: Using %SYSCALL causes a Read Access Violation error

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When you submit statements similar to the following, a Read Access Violation occurs:

%let x = 1;
%syscall symdel (x, nowarn);
1 %let x = 1;
ERROR: An exception has been encountered. Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information: 
The SAS task name is [Submit] ERROR: Read Access Violation Submit Exception occurred at (B17F11D5) 
Task Traceback Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5) 00007FFCB17F11D5 
00000003B1CFD6F0 saswusym:tkvercn1+0x195 00007FFC86A312E7 
00000003B1CFD6F8 sasxfnc:tkvercn1+0x2A7 000001CDC69E7101 
00000003B1CFD798 sasxmac:tkvercn1+0x260C1 00007FFCB182157A 
00000003B1CFDCA8 sasxmc2:tkvercn1+0x53A 000001CDC69FF5AE 
00000003B1CFE790 sasxmac:tkvercn1+0x3E56E 00007FFC9D58ACAE 
00000003B1CFE798 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x39C6E 00007FFC9D568D47 
00000003B1CFE9A0 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x17D07 00007FFC9D56DE0B 
00000003B1CFEA80 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x1CDCB 00007FFC9D57F408 
00000003B1CFEAE0 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x2E3C8 00007FFC9D57C5E3 
00000003B1CFEC60 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x2B5A3 00007FFC9D5A7247 
00000003B1CFF350 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x56207 00007FFC9D5AAF67 
00000003B1CFF440 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x59F27 00007FFC9D5ADAE0 
00000003B1CFF490 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x5CAA0 00007FFC8D6BF5F8 
00000003B1CFF498 sashost:Main+0x152B8 00007FFC8D6C5A1C 
00000003B1CFF7C0 sashost:Main+0x1B6DC 00007FFD08E3257D 
00000003B1CFF7C8 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x1D 00007FFD0A6EAA58 
00000003B1CFF7F8 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x28
2 3 %syscall symdel (x, nowarn)
ERROR: Generic critical error.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.4 TS1M8
z/OS 64-bit9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 109.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 119.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20169.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20199.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20229.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Professional x649.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4 TS1M8
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4 TS1M8
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4 TS1M8
HP-UX IPF9.4 TS1M8
Linux for x649.4 TS1M8
Solaris for x649.4 TS1M8
* 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.