Are the rules special for literals? Yes. Literals have always aligned on a "multiple-of-length-power2" boundary. =CL8... will be on a doubleword.
> What if you want a speciic length?: > LARL R3,=CL5'ABCDE-' You can't always get what you want. -- Mick Jagger CL5'whatever' is a 5-byte literal. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, November 8, 2021 1:18 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Base-less macros On Nov 8, 2021, at 13:57:10, Melvyn Maltz wrote: > ... > LARL R3,=C'ABCDE-' > > Yes, it's a 5-byte literal extended to 6 to keep the LARL happy > Does giving a character constant even length guarantee even alignment? I'm thinking of such as: DC. 0H'0' EVEN DC C'?' ODD DC C'ABCDE-' Are the rules special for literals? What if you want a speciic length?: LARL R3,=CL5'ABCDE-' My head hurts, gil
