This is quite usual. It is an early example of a generic facility. Thus, for example, the HLASM bif BYTE can be used to obtain a nul character by coding either of
|&nul setc BYTE(x'00') --nul character or |&nul setc BYTE(0) --nul character and conjecturally but probably also |&nul setc BYTE(0b) which I have never myself coded. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
