I believe the presence of an explicit length in AL4 (for example) removes the alignment constraints - irrespective of the length)
iCBW as often happens after 50+ years on various bits of hardware/software On Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 6:42 PM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry. Did not mean to be cryptic or obscure. By the question mark I meant > "why not?" > > Why not AL4? > > Yes, I never found it intuitive that A should be word-aligned and AL4 not, > but that is what it is. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected] > ] > On Behalf Of Dave Clark > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 11:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Self-documenting Bit Settings > > "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <[email protected]> wrote on > 08/11/2023 01:43:18 PM: > > AL4 ? > > > I guess the question mark either means you weren't sure that would > result in no alignment or you weren't sure that is what I was asking for. > Well, I'd never thought of assigning a specific length to an address > constant. But, I tried it and it works as desired. Thanks. > > > 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. > > **************************************************************************** > ***************** >
