Sorry, I guess it was 500 that caused us problems -- square brackets are the same in 037 and 1047.
No curly brackets in our product config. None of those other things are relevant either. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Code page used bt SMS (and MVS, in general) On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:52:36 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >Right. We have a configuration data set that uses square brackets; we finally >bit the bullet and had it accept BOTH 1047 and 037 square brackets because we >were tired of having to explain to customers that they had the wrong ones. > "configuration data set" begs for clarification. What about "{" and "}"? What about CP500? What about C source code? What about ISPF FIND '[abc]'R? What about DFSORT INCLUDE RE? Was IBM's guiding doctrine Conway's Law or Genesis 11? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
