A first reaction: I'd say that it should be one based, not only seem all other PIPE numbers one based and after all PIPEs is often used in REXX which is one based too,
2008/3/13, John Hartmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If a number is specified with QUALIFY it is added to the position > of all members subsequently referenced. It does not specify the > origin of the structure (but one less). So if you want to specify > that struct s begins in column 5: > > QUALIFY s 4 > > Thus, these two produce he same output: > > spec substr m s.m of 17-* 1 > spec qualify s 16 m m 1 > > If there ae strong feelings about this, please speak up and I'll > change the QUALIFY number to be one-based. > > It also appears that you are allowed to specify a member start of > zero. This should have been rejected. > > Cheers, > > > j. > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
