I must admit that one of the bullets of the explanation of message ASMA182E doesn't make sense to me:
- It is derived from an absolute value. This text appears to have been added in 1987 for the equivalent message IEV182 in the third edition of the Programmer's Guide for Assembler H V2, so it predates HLASM, but I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. I have a feeling that something went missing, but it just seems wrong and it might be better to simply remove it. We already have a work item from last year saying "Message ASMA182E needs a better explanation", mentioning that when it says it must have been previously defined, it doesn't only mean that a definition has been seen (which is what the "defined" attribute tests) but that the definition has been able to be resolved to a value. We will try to get round to it soon. Jonathan Scott, HLASM IBM Hursley, UK
