I was not using the word 'ordinary' in a pejorative or even deprecatory way. I intended only to exclude very savvy people writing application code in assembly language and their like.
I was at least half-aware of the DOS-compatibility quote-framed DSNAME value loophole, but if I remember correctly there were even more limitations on the use of these quote-framed DSNAME values than Paul Gilmartin has set out, including some contexts in which they could not be used at all. --jg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
