I had one case I had to fix where just a model OPEN parameter list (no executable code) was being expanded where AMODE64=YES happened to be in effect. Maybe the changes to the data management macros were not as "smart" as they could have been.
-- Art Celestini At 09:00 AM 12/22/2011, Barry Merrill wrote: >My motivation for MY text in the original post was simply to alert IBM-MAIN >subscribers of the incompatible change in the assembler in z/OS 1.13 that >our users, who presumably HAD read the Migration Guide, had encountered, and > >after my search of the IBM-Main archives found no prior cites of ASCENV. > >My asmguy's explains his comments that I chose to include in my post: > >"I wasn't really complaining about anything, I was just explaining (in my >perhaps less than elegant way) that the change required does not modify the >code and therefore does not require reassembly for someone already running >MXGTMNT. This type of thing affects us more directly than those who only >distribute load modules and/or object code. For them the customer would >never see this and it is merely an internal annoyance, for us it means a new >ML. > (ML=Maintenance Level of MXGTMNT because MXG IS 100% SOURCE CODE). > >While I agree I can't defend either of the practices he states I will still >maintain that regardless of whether or not the assembler is told that the >system is not in AR mode during OPEN/CLOSE it still could be (due to some >coding error or assumption that the assemble can't know) and if it is >OPEN/CLOSE will still abend and nothing has been prevented or avoided. I >personally would prefer a warning like "You've specified that the system is >in AR mode and this macro does not support that... are you sure this is >correct?" While this warning would still be best eliminated, it doesn't >require an immediate new source code member replacement for someone who is >just trying to assemble MXGTMNT" > >Merrilly Christmas, >Barry Merrill ================================================== Art Celestini Celestini Development Services Phone: 201-670-1674 Wyckoff, NJ ============= http://celestini.com ============= Mail sent to the "From" address used in this post will be rejected by our server. Please send off- list email to: ibmmain<at-sign>celestini<dot>com. ================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
