Ed, thanks much for your responses. I notice that NUCLABEL ENABLE(IGVGPVTN)is not documented in Init and Tuning for z/OS 1.10, however, I will be reading up on the traps. Thanks, Jon
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS upgrade Veilleux, Jon L wrote: > I'm not saying that I agree that GETMAIN should initialize the storage. > I am just saying that the way storage is handled has changed in z/OS > 1.10 and it bit us in vendor code. As I said earlier, programming 101 > says that you should initialize any area you plan on using so, if the > program was coded correctly, changes in GETMAIN wouldn't have caused > this problem. > The changes in z/OS 1.10 were both valuable and necessary. Should have been done ages ago. > That being said, can you guarantee that all of your old assembler > programs initialize their working storage? > That's why we use the IGVxxxxx DIAG TRAPs. Your vendors whose code "bit" you should be doing the same. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
