>GTEMAIN or STORAGE OBTAIN has never initialized the area obtained to binary >>zeroes, the exception being is if CHECKZERO is specified
Not exactly true. Storage is initialized to zeros when: - 8192 bytes or more from a pageable, private storage subpool. - 4096 bytes or more from a pageable, private storage subpool, with BNDRY=PAGE specified. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

