On Mon, 21 May 2007 08:08:35 +0200, Robert Bardos wrote:
>>
>> Don't we all - symbolics in sysin (in general) that is,
>> not just the specific case you highlight.
>
>Add to that a feature that most scheduler products have.
>Something like 'substitute off'/'substitute on'.
>
I had assumed that in the DD statement that would be
necessary for compatibility, something such as:
//SYSIN DD DATA,SUBST={NO|YES}
I see little need for such a feature elsewhere in JCL.
Otherwise, I wish there were stricter error checking in
JCL. I'd prefer that when I refer to an undefined symbol,
the parser would report a JCL error rather than quietly
leaving the name unsubstituted, perhaps using a temporary
data set name as a result.
-- gil
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