I don't know there is a best way. Anything that assembles clean and expresses your intent. I have used DUMMYADR EQU 1 as a dummy value where some address was needed. X'DEADBEEF' and similar values might be more recognizable in a dump. Not sure anything that is not a valid symbol will work in a VCON. V(FOO) is after all somewhat equivalent to EXTRN FOO.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: vcon in a dsect What is the best way to represent a VCON in a DSECT? A DS V requires some value: TEST DSECT TESTVCON DS 1VL4(DUMMY) or TESTVCON DS 1AL4(*-*) [TESTVCON DS 1VL4(*-*) generates assembler error message] Either way you get the 4-byte placeholder, but is there a preferred way (or other way) of doing this? Thank you.
