Gerhard, Isn't SYM data limited to 8 character labels, which is why ADATA, which is in a different file, not in the object deck, so subject to the same syncronization data that GOFF will protect against?
============================================== Wayne Driscoll OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development wdrisco(at)us(dot)ibm(dot)com All opinions are mine, and do not represent IBM Corporation. ============================================== IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 09/12/2013 01:47:42 PM: > From: Gerhard Postpischil <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 09/12/2013 01:48 PM > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] PDS/E, Shared Dasd, and COBOL V5 > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > On 9/12/2013 12:25 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > > I believe Tom Ross explained this, but some might have missed it. > > The main reason, from what I've heard, is so that the 'debug' data > > can be stored in a no-load segment of the program object. Thus the > > debug data will not be (automatically) loaded in to memory at > > execution time, but will be loaded only if requested by a tool such > > as IBM Fault Analyzer or IBM Debug Tool. This eliminates the long > > standing hassle of keeping the debug data "in sync" with the > > executable. And I for one welcome it! > > Ever since Assembler F (OS/360), debug data in the form of SYM records > has been available, in complete synchronization with the executable. It > would not have taken much work to extend this to CoBOL to provide > additional data, similar to the data available with the HL ADATA option. > > So this may be a benefit of the PDS/E requirement, but hardly a necessity. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, Vermont > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
