Problem while working with CCSID 1208 / UTF-8

[F1r3BlaZe]

Hi,

our company is currently looking for options to implement UTF-8 in our system.
I wrote a test program to check how it is possible to work with UTF-8.

     H DFTACTGRP(*NO)
     H OPTION(*NODEBUGIO:*SRCSTMT:*SHOWCPY)
     H CCSIDCVT(*LIST: *EXCP)
     H OPENOPT(*NOCVTDATA)
     H CCSID(*EXACT)
     H CCSID(*CHAR: *UTF8)
      //ctl-opt charcounttypes(*utf8) charcount(*natural);

      *----------------------------------------------------------------*
      *  PROGRAMMNAME: HOWTO_UTF8                                      *
      *  AUTOR       :                                                 *
      *  SCHREIBDATUM: 16.04.2024                                      *
      *  VERSION     : STANDARD                                        *
      *                                                                *
      *  DIESES FORMAT HAT FOLGENDE FUNKTIONEN:                        *
      *  Test UTF-8 Verarbeitung                                       *
      *----------------------------------------------------------------*
     FKFZ01PF   UF A E           K DISK
     D
     D DSKFZ1        E DS                  EXTNAME('KFZ01PF': *all)
     D                                     QUALIFIED
     D                                     CCSID(*EXACT)
      
     D KEYKFC          DS                  LIKEREC(RKFZ01PF: *key)    
     D                                     CCSID(*EXACT)

     C                   EVAL      KEYKFC.FA4 = 'KONZ'                  
     C                   EVAL      KEYKFC.KFFA = 1                  
     C                   EVAL      KEYKFC.KFSM01 = 1                  
        chain(e) %kds(KEYKFC) KFZ01PF DSKFZ1;
        if %found(KFZ01PF); 
          DSKFZ1.KFBEZ2 = %trim(DSKFZ1.KFBEZ2) + %char('$U':*utf8);
          update(e) RKFZ01PF DSKFZ1;                                
        endif;
        
     C                   MOVE      *ON           *INLR

The code above was a working solution i came up with.
The field "KFBEZ2" ist defined with ccsid(1208). The other fields are usually in ccsid(1141).

I am now wondering why the values in the debugger don't show readable values in my data structure "DSKFZ1".
It actually works if i remove the "QUALIFIED" tag from my data structure but it needs to qualified to work in our system.

This is the result of the databank after the programm call.

[mkwan01]

@worksofliam This looks like an issue with compiler generated debug information. You said you have an idea on the cause before. Do you still remember the cause? If not, I can ask the compiler folks.

[worksofliam]

@mkwan01 I'm afraid I am not sure. Best ask Barbara I think. If the program is running as expected, then I am especially not sure. I thought at first there might be a control option required for utf8 when debugging, but I don't think that's the case.