Yes, we've been doing it since the early 2000's with linkage editor invocation (I don't know when that internally switched to binder). Check what happens when the ORDER statement is specified: ORDER csect1, csect2,...
Gary Weinhold Senior Application Architect DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization Phone:+1.613.523.5500 x216 Email: weinh...@dkl.com Visit us online at www.DKL.com E-mail Notification: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property protection. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use or disclose this information, and we request that you notify us by reply mail or telephone and delete the original message from your mail system. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Adam Johanson <00000dcd75b5594e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> Sent: December 4, 2023 14:27 To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> Subject: Re: Linkage Editor Include Order > Is it possible to influence the order the linkage editor includes objects? I don't know about the linkage editor, but the Binder ;) has an ORDER statement that can be used. =============================== Adam Johanson Broadcom Mainframe Software Division