On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:47:21 -0300, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/22/2006 > at 08:04 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>In fact, "A STEM.2 C" is correct behavior for Cowlishaw Rexx. > >Do you have a reference for that claim? > Yes. See above. >Why is it important? > I'd expect a thorough enumeration facility to make it possible to determine the status of every member of the compound variable, whether set or dropped. >Only because drop is not working as documented. > True, for z/OS Rexx. But IBM is in progress of fixing it. > ................................................ REXXTRY.CMD on >OS/2 > drop stem.b > ................................................ REXXTRY.CMD on >OS/2 > say 'stem.b='stem.b > stem.b=STEM.B > ................................................ REXXTRY.CMD on ... which is working as documented for Rexx. I'm not familiar enough with OREXX to make a judgment. I assume symbol( 'stem.b' ) would have properly said 'LIT'. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
