Nevermind, it's just defining more CSECTs -- whatever0, whatever4, whatever8, whatever$. I was reading WAY too much into this...
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:29 PM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > In a DB2 sample (DSNA10.SDSNSAMP(DSN8FPRC)) I find (in various places, not > all together!): > > &SYSPARM START 0 > &SYSPARM.0 CSECT > &SYSPARM.4 CSECT > &SYSPARM.8 CSECT > &SYSPARM.$ CSECT > &SYSPARM.$ CSECT > > The module name is set via &SYSPARM at assembly time, I get that. But the > .0 and friends confuse me -- I've never seen this before. Looking at > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r12/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.r12.asma400%2Fcsect.htmI > find that the symbol (label) can be: > > - An ordinary symbol > - A variable symbol that has been assigned a character string with a > value that is valid for an ordinary symbol > - A sequence symbol > > But then it doesn't explain what a "sequence symbol" is, and all the > references to "sequence symbol" elsewhere seem to refer to what I've always > called "macro labels" (the .whatever in column in that you AGO to in a > macro). > > Can anyone point me at something that describes what the .0 et al. mean? > Are they "sequence symbols", and if so, what does that mean here? > > Thanks in advance -- 30 years of assembler, still learning stuff! > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
