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

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