On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 20:30:03 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>> Would it be a favor to programmers to make misiplacing IF, etc.
>> within a job step, or SET within IF ... ENDIF a syntax error?  The
>> effect is probably not what the programmers intend.
>
>IMHO, the current behavior is a bug, but it might take an RFE to get it fixed, 
>and IBM might add a compatibility option for installations that depend on the 
>old behavior. It should at least generate a warning.
> 
Options, compatibility or otherwise, geometrically multiply the testing
burden for software suppliers.

-- gil

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