On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:30:26 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: >> >> STEP, Step, FILE, File, FOOBAR, and FooBar are taken as-is >> and refer to different entities. > >No, no, no! Case sensitivity is a nightmare! Allow >mixed case, sure, but not case sensitivity. No! No! > Will you, nill you, case sensitivity is with us; a proven fact.
If, in a call to SCV 99, I supply CL8'File' in the text unit for the DDNAME, it gets allocated as-is. If in a DCB I supply CL8'File', that is taken as-is and that file gets opened. With Binder PARM=CASE(M), I can create a program object, 'FooBar' (as-is). Why should JCL prohibit "EXEC PGM=FooBar" to run that program or "//File DD ..." to allocate a file to be opened by that DCB? If you'll support the changes necessary to make DYNALLOC, OPEN, Binder, and DFSMS in general case-insensitive and IBM agrees, I'll relent concerning JCL. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
