Edward, Where does it state that? I have been reading the POP and I can find nowhere where it states that relative addressing instructions are to be used for branching only.
John -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Baseless vs Based On 12/20/2010 6:05 AM, Bodoh John Robert wrote: > I am surprised this not considered a hole in the assembler and is not more pervasive than just for me and my simple case. Do not other macros have the same problem? ROT: Unless you're talking about a branch location, you should not be using relative instructions. All literals and other data should be covered by a base register, no matter where they appear. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318 [email protected] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
