This was previously discussed; maybe on IBM-MAIN. I remember because I asked it myself. In any case, the bottom line is that the "preferred" way is to use LARL. This always works on z/OS as long as you use the binder.
LLILH is a halfword immediate instruction; presumably a typo. sas On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 1:31 PM John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > To me, it seems silly to do the following, if I am only loading a VCON in a > single place. > > L R15,=V(ENTRY) > > When I can do: > > LLILF R15,0 > ORG *-4 > DC V(ENTRY) > > I am hoping that someone out there can tell me how I can improve the > previous 3 instructions to be something like: > > LLILH R15,ENTRY > > HLASM complains the ENTRY is either relocatable or unresolved. Yes, it is > relocatable, but at run time it will be a constant. Is there some "magic" > to get HLASM to know this? > > > -- > Money is the root of all evil. > Evil is the root of all money. > With that in mind, money is made by the government ... > > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > -- sas
