The "END <whatever CSECT>" should always be coded to ensure that the beginning of "<whatever CSECT>" is also the entry point.
On 21/01/2021 20:54, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > Without some kind of explicit ENTRY indicator within the source--like END > BAMKAPP--there was no ENTRY point generated in the app module. Hence > specifying ENTRY BANKAPP to the linker got 'not found'. Maybe today's binder > takes care of this, but in the 80s we could not find an obvious way to solve > it. > > Given more time we might have come to a resolution, but at the time we were > stumped. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Steve Smith > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Isolating a CSECT within a load module > > *** EXTERNAL EMAIL - Use caution when opening links or attachments *** > > No one knew how to code an ENTRY statement? > > Personally, I'd make that message the Binder emits about defaulting the entry > point to be an RC=8 level error. I usually discover this oversight when > something crashes after an APPLY, and by then, it's not so simple to add the > ENTRY. > > sas > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 3:22 PM Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ... >> As long as the program was compiled and linked in the same run, the >> END statement picked up BANKAPP as entry point and everything was >> cool. But when run separately, the entry point was indeterminate, so link >> failed. >> Source of course was not available so we could not add >> >> END BANKAPP >> ... >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
