I have a DSECT where I want to define a fullword such that the next address after the fullword will be on a doubleword boundary. I would like the alignment to be independent of the preceding alignment (be change-proof).
CNOP 4,8 would do exactly what I want, but CNOP seems inappropriate in non-executable code. I naively coded ORG *,8,-4. As luck would have it the existing alignment was six bytes into a doubleword and so that ended up effectively being ORG *-2. How do I use ORG to accomplish what I want? Can I use something like what I coded but always have it ORG forwards and never backwards? I could probably figure this out but hoped there was someone here who knew the answer right off. Or should I shut up and use CNOP: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Charles
