On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:18:33 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
>In: > z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Reference ABE-HSP > SA23-1369-00 > >under ENQ I read: > ... > ,rname addr > Specifies the address of the name used together with qname to > represent a single resource. The name must be from 1 to 255 bytes > long, can be qualified, and can contain any valid hexadecimal > character. > >What's a "qualified" name, as opposed to unqualified? Does this >simply mean a conventional data set name containing periods is >acceptable? If so, I believe that "can be qualified" adds no >meaning to the description. I've always interpreted it to mean that the name could contain periods. It does not simply mean that a dsname is acceptable, as dsnames have additional rules that do not apply to rnames. > >I do intend to submit an RCF about the otiose and possibly misleading >use of "valid" and "hexadecimal". I believe there's no such thing >as an invalid or non-hexadecimal character which must not appear >in the rname. If there is no such thing as an invalid or non-hexadecimal character, then I don't see how that statement can be misleading. The universe of possible names would be the same in either case. It would only be misleading if it removed some valid rname possibilities. I agree that an RCF is in order, though I'm unsure how to describe the rname contents in a clearer fashion. By the way, I think you should have posted that to ibm-main. It's not really about using the assembler or assembler language in general, but rather about doc for a specific z/OS macro. It's likely that some interested parties are not watching this list. -- Walt
