Tony Harminc wrote:

> IBM has been quite mixed in its documentation for the various
> "new" callable services that ship with stub routines.

Perhaps IBM as a whole but ICSF has documented our interfaces
in the same way for at least 20 years.

> there is no requirement ... to re-bind with new stubs upon
> every z/OS release.

Correct. ICSF's stubs (and LE interfaces) are forward
compatible, so once you BIND (or link), you don't need to do
it again, in general.

> I find the whole "bind it with a stub" scheme causes all
> kinds of packaging issues

For non-LE, I agree with you.

> and IMHO IBM should just document
> all the calls (as UNIX and RACF do) and perhaps even provide
> their own CSRCALL-type macro.

As much as I think it's a good idea, it's not very high on our
list because there's not been much demand and, as far I know,
there has never been a formal requirement for this.

Eric Rossman

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