>> ... I prefer using Branch Relative, Relative (such as LARL vice LAY), and Immediate (such as LHI vice LH) instructions. And I do recognize that it is not always >possible, such as accessing locations outside of the enclosing CSECT. >> >That would require an enhancement to Binder. But that's not >unthinkable. But it would introduce a class of addressability >errors that could be detected only at link time, not at assembly. >Probably not justified by ROI.
Relative-immediate references to external symbols has been available for both old OBJ and new GOFF object formats since 2004. John Ehrman
