The CIJ works for IF / ENDIF, as well as STRTSRCH/EXITIF/ORELSE/ENDLOOP/ENDSRCH, but NOT for DOEXIT
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Scott Sent: Friday, 07 June 2024 15:23 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Toolkit support for compare and jump? Pieter Wiid writes: > Found a bug in this implementation: > ... 1686 DOEXIT CIJ,R15,NE,0 > ... 1696+ CIJ R15,0 > ** ASMA175S Delimiter error, expected comma - This example appears to be simply due to using an old level of the HLASM Toolkit Structured Programming Macro macro library which does not include the Compare-and-Branch support. However, the example included with the case does show a problem when DOEXIT specifies a compare-and-branch instruction followed by a logical OR condition, which is that an undefined label is used for the branch. > I raised case TS016361097, but IBM are being obstructive on entitlement. Unlike HLASM, which is included as standard with z/OS, the HLASM Toolkit, which includes the Structured Programming Macros and ASMIDF, is an optional priced feature, which must be licensed separately. So an appropriate license needs to be located. Personally, I've always felt that we should encourage customers to report bugs and also that there should be no charge to report a problem if you do not actually need a fix. I would even like some way to reward customers who provide helpful information about problems. However, that's not how IBM works. In this case, the team are now aware of the problem, and are quite likely to look into fixing it anyway, but it is always easier for us to prioritise work on a fix if it is associated with a valid customer case. Jonathan Scott, HLASM IBM Hursley, UK -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
