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on 05/19/2005
at 03:59 PM, Peter Hunkeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I didn't say R1, I said standard OS parameter list.
The standard OS PLIST on z/OS is one word long and he needs two.
>But isn't it true that with the MAIN option, PL/1 expects the
>oposite: Environment not set up and parameter list not conforming
>to PL/1 internal rules since it might be a non-PL/1 program (e.g.
>the OS) calling the MAIN routine?
Yes, except as modified by other options.
> When NOEXECOPS is specified, the MAIN procedure can have one of
> the following as parameters:
>
> A single parameter that is a VARYING CHARACTER string.
> The parameter passes as is, and a descriptor is set up.
> Other parameters (such as, more than one parameter or a
> single
> parameter that is not a VARYING CHARACTER string). The
> parameter list passes as is, and no descriptors are set up.
> The caller of the PL/I MAIN procedure must know what is
> expected by the procedure, including any required
> descriptors.
>The BYADDR option in Enterprise PL/1 would be a solution
Yes. I believe that he can also use the old ILC support.
>The net seems to be you can't pass more that one argument from REXX
>to PL/1 at the OS PL/1 V2R3 level.
Why? From the text you quoted, it sounds straightforward as long as he
codes the PL/I to match what the REXX is doing.
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