> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: MVC with 2nd operand length > > I'm moderately surprised. I'd expect that moving fields into a buffer to > build > a print line should be a common occurrence -- like strcpy(). > Or is it more common to map subfields of the buffer and let those determine > the length(s) of the MVC(s)? > > -- gil
strncpy() should be preferred to strcpy() in many instances. It is more common to map the layout. The original suggestion was for a new class of assembler instruction. It does not match any of the functions listed for the assembler instructions in the reference summary and isn't really an extended mnemonic. Some people have a hard enough time differentiating between machine and assembler instructions. ...chris.
