On 2017-11-03, at 07:24:54, Gary Weinhold wrote: > The file conversion request sounds like it should be a SORT enhancement, > where you get field level selection, if it isn't there already. > So, then what? Use the I/O exits to call sort?
But still, why would anyone put binary data in HLASM source? But I wonder, in how many different constructs can self-defining constants be used? I think of: o DC o Displacements (with explicit or implicit base) o Immediate operands o Length modifiers o A() and Y() data o S() constants (maybe?) o EQU o Literals o SETA o AIF How many different routines exist to recognize and parse self-defining values among these constructs? Any value greater than 1 is bad desigh, probably arising from bad history. -- gil
