> As to "R form" of freemain (or getmain) ... it should probably never be used > any longer.
Why? (Serious question.) Charles On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:20:44 +0000, Peter Relson <[email protected]> wrote: >In the alternate reality of unlimited resources and time, those sort of >expansion might be done. > >The only thing that was felt justified was to avoid needing a register to base >your code so that you could use relative branch better. >IBM macros for the most part require addressability to your static data (so >that using literals is felt OK). > >You can, of course, compare the expansion shown to what you'd get without the >specification of SYSSTATE ARCHLVL. >Now that is the S/360 version. > >As to "R form" of freemain (or getmain), we intentionally put no work into >that path, as it should probably never be used any longer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
