While Robert Ngan's examples are not pretty, they work. Sometimes pretty is beyond our time frame of action.
The back and forth on this (and other) elists is often pretty. It is often informative. The perfect is often the enemy of the adequate. And obliquely, my one tagline is appropriate. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. Things said in Latin appear to be high. IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/18/2014 02:31:15 PM: > From: John Gilmore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 08/18/2014 02:36 PM > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macrovariable? > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> > > Robert Ngan's examples are much like others already posted, and they > suffer from the same defects. Implicit diagnosis by attempting to > trigger an assembly error is indicative of something less than full > competence in the use of the HLASM. > > Errors should be detected explicitly using the macro-language > facilities provided for doing so, and they should then be diagnosed in > extenso in mnotes having appropriately chosen severity levels > associated with them. Brevity may perhaps be the soul of wit, but the > unintelligibl;y terse is not a merit in mnote text. > > I wish it were possible to be more charitable, but alternative schemes > are really not admissible. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you
