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