The documented interface supports AMODE24, so the documented control blocks must remain below the line unless IBM provides alternate entry points. However, IBM only provides access to REXX variables through the variable routines, so that shouldn't be an issue. The big question is how much code withing REXX IBM would have to rewrite.
OTOH, if IBM ever officially ports OOREXX to TSO, that would automatically put variable above the bar. I won't hold my breathe. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EAGREX0500E Error 5 . Machine storage exhausted or request exceeds limit in REXX On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:55:43 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Is there an RFE for putting REXX variables above the bar? > Given that the STEM mentioned in OUTTRRAP is an ordinary Rexx variable. accessible by Rexx instructions and IRXEXCOM, I'd find it bizarre if VARSTORAGE(HIGH) placed only the OUTTRAP stem above the line. Above the bar is harder, but IRXEXCOM might still require that its interfaces be MODE(31). What documented interface(s) would be affected if VARSTORAGE(HIGH) were made the default. The description suggests to me that OUTTRAP does not immediately update its STEM argument but traps to an intermediate buffer and updates the STEM only when the command completes. >VARSTORAGE (HIGH) > indicates that CLIST variables and REXX OUTTRAP variables > containing output from authorized commands invoked by REXX > can be kept in storage above the 16M line. > >Has this any effect on non-authorized commands? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
