I never noticed ICTL; I like this suggestion. We don't have FLOWASM in build process and the folks that govern the build process seem to have no interest in introducing it. This is especially helpful when you use the HLASM's Toolkit Structured Programming Macros. If you indent code in control blocks comments tend to get squeezed between the instructions and column 72. This frees up 8 additional columns wasted on sequence numbers. It makes a real difference and will use it from now on. Thanks for sharing.
Fred! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Zierdt Sent: woensdag 8 juli 2026 22:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Assembly: ICTL 1,79,16 Anyone using ICTL in assembly language? ICTL 1,79,16 moves the continuation column to 80, allowing more "free form" coding, leaving more room for comments, and not having to worry about where that pesky column 72 is, which is effectively moved to column 80 where it's easier to see and code for when necessary. When a macro is invoked, the assembler mixes "traditional" code with a "non-standard" ICTL directive. Yeah, 73-80 was for sequence numbers, but I haven't dropped a deck of cards for some time now. Richard Zierdt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
