>exotic code Oooh I like that ! From now on, I am going to be an "Exotic Programmer" when asked.
I agree with Ed and CC here, in my stuff I test for XDC being there (and also an internal global/component level option) and then I use XDC as my first-up recovery routine. It is not really intended for use at a customer site - but is there just in case things get that tricky. I *have* used it on some of the more non-standard test systems we have at Rocket when debugging "strange" setups/environments. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: 09 October 2007 21:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SLIP sliding away Craddock, Chris wrote: [snip] > If you DO that, then your debugging environment is completely baked > into your code, but there is no physical dependence on XDC and no way > for fat fingered programmers to blunder into it. A certain family of > products that I've had a passing association with :-) are -ALL- like that. > Recovery and diagnostic support is always there no matter what. And if > XDC is present and you're properly authorized, you can just use it. If > it's not present, or it is, but you're not authorized for it, you > don't even know its there. > > No muss, no fuss. No worries. > Yup! I deliberately didn't go there because the typical non-ISV user probably won't feel the need to integrate with z/XDC to that extent. However, this level of integration, exactly what Steve Thompson was alluding to in his post, is a *must* if you're going to debug exotic code (e.g., SRB mode -- which can't be HOOKed in the traditional way) and/or you want to be able to use and/or debug your recovery routines during a z/XDC session. I'll bet most savvy ISVs are doing it just like you described! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
