Interesting reading. However, is the typical stance in mainframe land to pad with a x'00', or is that an improper importation from pc-land? Probably all discussions should NEVER consider pc symbology or expectations, i.e., null padding of a string, which you illustrated in your example. Yes, with the kiddies from pc-land coming in, they will expect that sort of thing, but it IS a bad idea to allow to flourish. Granted, that uninitialized fields will have x'00' in them, but I would assume this field had been properly cleared out before compare, so the question of x'00' should be moot. -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 8/3/14, ASSEMBLER-LIST automatic digest system <[email protected]> wrote:
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