On Thu, 1 May 2008 17:58:42 +0200 Lindy Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

:>There is a small technical detail I have been curious about concerning
:>IKJCT441.

:>If I use the CALL *(module) method from a Rexx (or CLIST) exec, does it
:>make sense to design the module to only work with an exec, or can it be
:>more generic and realize how it is being called and function
:>appropriately?

:>For example, if executed in a batch job or called directly from TSO it
:>would read from and write to a file.  If called from a Rexx exec it
:>would set variables.

:>One reason might be to take an existing program and have it also
:>interact with an exec and set variables.  Or the same with a new
:>program.

:>If this is valid, what would be a good way for the program to know how
:>it is being called?  I've been looking at some dumps but haven't found
:>anything yet.  Like something interesting at R0.

This would be poor design.

Allow the user to specify a parm as to how he wants this done. Perhaps he
wishes to use files under TSO.

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