>Was this done for a reason, I presume you're asking why validation data is kept and validation is done? I don't really know the history behind this, but validation is rarely a "bad thing", Besides, system services are provided to be used.
It is perhaps related also to the fact that additional data needs to be managed for relocation purposes to accommodate relocation spanning a page boundary. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
