Ref:  Your note of Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:09:47 +0000

gil writes:
>Also, decades ago, I found that (something like):
>PSWMAP   DSECT
>         ...
>         USING PSWMAP-SVCOPSW,R0
>
>quietly behaved as if I had coded:
>         USING PSWMAP,R0
>
>Experts conceded that the behavior is indefensible except
>on grounds of compatibility with existing art.

Note that this sort of offset USING in low storage can be
achieved using a dependent USING, for example (assuming
LOWSTG is a DSECT and SVCOPSW is an equated offset):

          USING LOWSTG,0
 then
          USING PSWMAP,LOWSTG+SVCOPSW
 or
          USING PSWMAP-SVCOPSW,LOWSTG

Jonathan Scott, HLASM
IBM Hursley, UK

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