On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:40:23 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > ... I quote >most constants in REXX, depending as little as possible on REXX's >interpretation of uninitialized variables. Like so: > > address ISPEXEC 'VGET <varname>' > ... It's MFC's idiosyncrasy. There's sound justification for not evaluating the symbol in TRACE symbol -- it facilitates interactive tracing. Little such for ADDRESS symbol -- ADDRESS VALUE expression is needlessly cumbersome.
In TSO, the argument of ADDRESS is case-insensitive; in CMS, case-sensitive. I understand it's a PSW. Sounds dangerous. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
