I though of doing that very thing. Do you find it objectionable?
>________________________________ > From: "McKown, John" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:51 AM >Subject: Re: DS 0H > >I remember one wag making a macro: > > MACRO >&LBL LABEL >&LBL DS 0H > MEND > >Hum, might be amusing to name that COMEHERE or JUMPHERE . > >-- >John McKown >Systems Engineer IV >IT > >Administrative Services Group > >HealthMarkets(r) > > >9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 >(817) 255-3225 phone * >[email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > >Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or >proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. >HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the >insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance >Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The >MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pesce, Andy >> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: DS 0H >> >> I was always taught: >> LABEL EQU * >> >> to distinguish a label. However, when I perform maintenance >> on a program >> that someone else wrote with: >> LABEL DS 0H >> >> I use that way. This keeps it standardized throughout the >> program as not to confuse >> the next person that does maintenance. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe >> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:23 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: DS 0H >> >> On 6/5/2012 4:51 AM, McKown, John wrote: >> > My rule for most instructions is "place any required label on a >> > separate DS 0H as the preceding statement." >> >> I use DC 0H rather than DS 0H, but that is a minor >> difference. Naturally, the label is always on its own line. >> Otherwise the instruction would not line up with the others >> below and that would look ugly. For example: >> >> *************************************************************** >> * Subroutine to Accumulate FOOs * >> *************************************************************** >> AccumulateFoos DC 0H >> STKPUSH , Save the registers >> . >> . (FOOs get accumulated here) >> . >> STKPOP , Restore the registers >> BR R14 Return >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > >
