I have used it extensively. It is way better than nothing but it has some severe limitations.
Also it is only DSECT to C struct. The OP was looking for, and I am interested in, any to any. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Van Dyke Sent: Monday, April 5, 2021 5:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Record description converter The z/OS XL C/C++ DSECT conversion utility ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=guide-dsect-conversion-utility) may provide a small piece of what you're looking for. Peter Van Dyke HCL Software On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 06:55, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 17:11:41 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: > > >I would like to see a set of two way conversion tools that would > >convert COBOL copybooks to Assembler DSECTs and vice versa, SORT > >symbols to and from Assembler DSECTs, PL1 structures to and from > >Assembler DSECTs etc. If this were available it would be possible to > >convert COBOL record descriptions to their PL1 equivalent, Assembler > >DSECTs, SORT symbols, C Structures, etc. Data types not supported in > >a language would have comments (bits in COBOL for example). This > >would allow a shop to have a set of common descriptions across > >languages. I would have used this when I was working. > > > UNCOL revisited: an attempt to reduce a problem of quadratic > complexity to linear. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
