I recall doing something like this about 30 years ago which I know would break one day. I wanted to process VB ISAM but that wasn’t supported so I figured out a way to search backwards from WS with negative indexes until I found the DCB for the file and “moved a byte” with the right bit on for V.
I would expect your hack to work for many years, although, the next guy to try and maintain the code might not understand it. I’d make it callable module. I mean, who doesn’t need a good STCK once in a while? Nice. Matt Hogstrom [email protected] PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > On Mar 17, 2021, at 11:50 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I discovered that one can code and call extremely simple assembler code from > completely within a COBOL source program, but it is a two-step process which > I will describe below. > > My question is whether using a technique like this is "risky" in the sense > that it may someday, under a future incarnation of the compiler, stop working? > > The technique: > > Code a simple assembler program like the following and browse the resulting > listing that shows the generated object code: > > COBSTCKE CSECT , > L 15,0(,1) GET ARGUMENT ADDRESS > STCKE 0(15) STCKE INTO ARGUMENT AREA > XR 15,15 SET RETURN CODE = 0 > BR 14 RETURN TO CALLER > > Then copy the generated object code into a COBOL source program as follows: > > ID DIVISION. > PROGRAM-ID. COBSTCKE. > ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. > DATA DIVISION. > WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. > 01 WS-TOD-VALUE PIC X(16). > > 01 WS-GETTOD-PROGRAM. > * GET ARGUMENT ADDRESS L 15,0(,1) > 05 FILLER PIC X(04) VALUE X'58F01000'. > * STCKE INTO ARGUMENT AREA STCKE 0(15) > 05 FILLER PIC X(04) VALUE X'B278F000'. > * SET RETURN-CODE = 0 XR 15,15 > 05 FILLER PIC X(02) VALUE X'17FF'. > * RETURN TO CALLER BR 14 > 05 FILLER PIC X(02) VALUE X'07FE'. > > 01 WS-GETTOD-PTR. > 05 GETTOD-ADDR PROCEDURE-POINTER VALUE NULL. > 05 FILLER REDEFINES GETTOD-ADDR. > 10 GETTOD-ADDR1 POINTER. > 10 GETTOD-ADDR2 POINTER. > > PROCEDURE DIVISION. > > SET GETTOD-ADDR1 TO ADDRESS OF WS-GETTOD-PROGRAM. > CALL GETTOD-ADDR USING WS-TOD-VALUE. > DISPLAY FUNCTION HEX-OF (WS-TOD-VALUE). > GOBACK. > > Peter > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
