On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 13:29:55 -0400, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> posted:
>On 5 April 2017 at 12:52, somitcw
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> For many decades, I've been using "ORG ," so it may be time for me to change?
> ORG with an omitted operand is fine as long as you understand that it
>sets the location counter to "the next available address in the
>current control section". This is why Gil warned of the hazard of a
>prior ORG. If someone - probably unrelated to and unaware of your
>macro - has previously defined a location beyond where your macro
>expands, a plain ORG will not "undo" your ORG *-4, but will move
>further forward to that highest previous location.
>Tony H.

Thank you for your clear and complete explanation.

"ORG ," will not be used.
"ORG *+3" is safer.

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