That complicates my code, where I wanted to do this to generate table entries. Now I need a separate named field for each generated table entry!
Robert Ngan DXC Luxoft -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 14:31 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ASMA030E? On Nov 23, 2021, at 12:40:13, Ngan, Robert (DXC Luxoft) wrote: > > Why can't I code: > > DC A(=C'blah') > > This give an ASMA030E error, but wanting the address of a literal string > seems legitimate to me as I don't otherwise need a named field with this > value. > Jonatnan Scott answered the same question a couple weeks ago. DC and literals are handled by a single subroutine which is not coded recursively. He cited a compromise between code complexity and perceived usefulness. -- gil
