Thank you. You answered my real question. And so with that knowledge I can say that the RFE is like screaming in space. No one will hear.
Sent from my iPhone — small keyboarf, fat fungrs, stupd spell manglr. Expct mistaks > On Oct 19, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Peter Relson <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no "should" in this sort of situation. There is a "could". There > is a "wouldn't it be nice if". > > Could it be done? Sure. Would having done so have helped this case? Sure. > Would doing so be a better use of limited resources than doing something > else? > > There is no requirement that a macro do any more than what it is > documented to do, which is to provide the correct expansion when you have > provided valid syntax. Most macros do far more than that. > > Will ESPIE be changed? Probably not. Whether you ask here or via RFE. > ESPIE (and SPIE) have had no such check for over 40 years. There are many > macros that make no attempt to look at (or for) positional parameters. > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design
