On 6/7/23 15:13:28, Charles Mills wrote:
@Gil said it better than I.
Thanks for the comple^Himent.
I decided to search the Assembler Services Ref.,
for abuses of "hexadecimal". I got only as far as ABEND when I
found the astonishing:
,REASON=reason code
Specifies the reason code that the user wants to pass
to subsequent recovery exits. The value range for the
reason code is a 32-bit hexadecimal number or a 31-bit
decimal number.
This appears to say that X'87654321', a 32-bit hexadecimal
number is supported, but the equivalent F'-2023406815' is
not supported because it's a 32-bit, not a 31-bit decimal
number.
I'll submit an RCF. That begs for clarification.
--
gil
