You could put the inline code in a macro rather than in a copy member and put the macro in the source code itself.
The macro could have a parameter TYPE=CALLED or TYPE=INLINE. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Clark Sent: Friday, April 1, 2022 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Inlining routines "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <[email protected]> wrote on 04/01/2022 11:52:54 AM: > What I'm wondering is, is there a reasonable way to have HLASM > inline the code? > > I mean, the code would be written as: > > Instruction > Instruction > * here's where I want to insert ROUTINE_A > Instruction > > : > : > > ROUTINE_A EQU * > Routine A's instructions > *end of routine A > > But it would assemble routine A in the place in the instruction > stream where it was "called". Essentially, what you're describing is what I call a "code snippet" and I put such things in a copybook. Thus, they would always be used in-line no matter how many times they were included in the program source. As an alternative, to reduce program size, you can wrap the same copybook with subroutine code in order to formally "call" it from multiple places in the program. Thus, the same copybook can serve in two different ways. However, I do understand the "loss" of being able to maintain the code snippet in the same source code member. The code copybook would have to be maintained as a separate member. The alternative is to make the code snippet into a macro and leave the macro source in the main program source so that they can be maintained together in a single member. Sincerely, Dave Clark -- int.ext: 91078 direct: (937) 531-6378 home: (937) 751-3300 Winsupply Group Services 3110 Kettering Boulevard Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA (937) 294-5331 **************************************************************************** ***************** This email message and any attachments is for use only by the named addressee(s) and may contain confidential, privileged and/or proprietary information. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete and destroy the message and all copies. All unauthorized direct or indirect use or disclosure of this message is strictly prohibited. No right to confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any error in transmission. **************************************************************************** *****************
