On 1 Mar 2008 10:59:02 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Tom Schmidt wrote: >> See SA22-7832-06 for the EXRL instruction. >> (I'm sure Ed's been aware for several months now, but the rest of us may be >> happy now.) >> > >Give 'em an inch and they'll take a yard! People are already clamoring >for additional forms of EXRL that can "OR" the mask with other than byte >one of the target instruction! It never ends! :-)
As one of those people who has wanted an execute that would allow us to expand each nibble in the pack/unpack/decimal instructions to at least a byte, I am guilty. This would allow for large fixed decimal fields. Floating point decimal isn't always the best idea. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
