On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Gord Tomlin < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 2016-06-27 09:04, John McKown wrote: > >> COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' >> which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. >> Originally, I did: >> >> >> STRING DS CL7 >> ORG STRING >> DC CL6'HELPME' >> DC X'00' >> >> But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: >> >> &NULL SETC BYTE(00) >> STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' >> >> Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I >> just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? >> >> This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more >> understandable to most HLASM programmers? >> >> > I'd say use a macro, and use a name for the macro that advertises what the > macro generates. IMHO something like CSTRING would be more descriptive than > DCZ. > Thanks for the CSTRING name. It is better: more descriptive and less likely to be used for something else by IBM. > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
