On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:59:27 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > >We certainly have seen that using data sets from z/OS Unix commands that don't >explicitly document support is your pet peeve. IMO this seems overly >pedantic, since IBM code that uses fopen (and works) is extremely unlikely to >stop. > The drawbacks are: o Those utilities that accept DSNs without documentation lack the fine control of attributes and options provided by such as /bin/cp. Suppose IBM, to benefit one customer changes, e.g. an autoconversion behavior that impacts another. o If it breaks, IBM may not take an APAR.
As an ISV, do you rely on unsupported behavior in customer-facing code? (Or is //DSN supporrt documented under special licenses?) You may have beta test access and be prepared for unexpected adverse changes. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
