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. 

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> 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

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