I would hope converter/interpreter. If not, then instream substitution would not be available for Started Tasks.
I have not read the announcement in any detail. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 32760? (was: PARMDD?) > > Just a question that may be a bit pedantic. It is JES doing the > substitution (a HASPnnnn program) or is it the converter/interpreter? I > guess the main reason is to determine who to yell at. <grin/> > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Walt Farrell > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:21:59 -0500, Paul Gilmartin > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >I have an "outlying case" to test my understanding: > > > > > >// SET FOO='&WOM' > > >// SET BAR=BAT > > >// SET WOMBAT='SDB=YES' > > >//* > > >//STEP EXEC PGM=IEBGENER,PARMDD=SYSUT1 > > >//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(,) > > >//SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=JCL > > >&FOO&BAR > > >//SYSIN DD DUMMY > > >//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=(,) > > > > > >Since symbols are substituted when SYSUT1 is created and GET > > >performs no further transformation, the line written to SYSUT2 > > >is "&WOMBAT". I'm pretty confident of that. > > > > > >But when SYSUT1 is processed as PARMDD, are symbols also > > >resolved by the initiator, since "the JCL symbol values are known" > > >and it's not too late, so the PARM passed to IEBGENER is > > >"SDB=YES"? > > > > I think your understanding has a flaw, gil. As I understand the > > discussion, it is not the initiator doing the substitution. If it were, > > then symbols in non-instream PARMDD data sets would work. Rather, it is > JES > > doing the substitution. The initiator merely passes along whatever GET > > provided, and GET in turn merely passes along exactly what was in the > > non-instream data set, or whatever JES provided for an instream data set. > > > > -- > > Walt > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an > actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
