On May 19, 2022, at 12:16:45, Ngan, Robert (DXC Luxoft) wrote: > > FD is a fixed point doubleword. > Alas, there's no way to define a doubleword constant containing the value of an arithmetic expression AL8(2+2)?
Having only a 32-bit assembler for a 64-bit architecture is increasingly becoming anachronistic. > -----Original Message----- > From: Schmitt, Michael > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 13:09 > > Today I learned that there isn't a fixed point DOUBLEWORD constant either. > > I never noticed that DC D isn't fixed point, it is floating point. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Schmitt, Michael > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 10:03 AM > > HLASM has fixed decimal constants for Halfwords, Fullwords, Doublewords, with > appropriate alignment. Why is there none for Quadwords? > > The closest I see is LQ, but that appears to be intended for floating point. -- gil
