FSVO contemporary; it is trivial on the "archaic" SPF.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Bernd Oppolzer [bernd.oppol...@t-online.de] Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 6:19 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS HLASM: EQU for statement labels Am 01.06.2020 um 23:07 schrieb Charles Mills: > I use 0H if it is the beginning of a section of code and there might be an > odd-length DC in front of it. But I use * when I am jumping around one > instruction. > > Revealing my age, I got in the habit of using EQU rather than labeled machine > instructions because if you are using punched cards and need to insert a new > instruction right after the label, you only have to punch one card if you > used EQU, but two if you put the label on a machine instruction. This, BTW, is true when you do editing with a contemporary editor, too. If you have the labels on separate lines, it is much easier to insert instructions or move/copy/delete instructions and not having to deal with the labels. (This is true especially for editors which support line commands). Kind regards Bernd > > Charles >
