To my surprise even in 2014 the TSO TEST command does not support 64-bit debugging!
For example, there is no way to display the contents of a 64 bit register. TSO TEST only shows the rightmost 32 bits. Tactically, in the short term there are ways around this by storing the 64 bit registers into memory for viewing or forcing dumps. But strategically as we move on further into the 21st Century this may become this may become a significant problem for supporting assembler modules in MXG as more use of 64-bit environment is required. Some modern alternatives to TSO TEST (all at extra cost) are: . HLASM Tookit from IBM . Xpediter/TSO from Compuware . z/XDC from Colesoft Software Did IBM really drop the ball on this by stabilizing the TSO commands at what is becoming an increasingly ancient level (non-64-bit)? Or have we missed something? Merrilly yours, Barry Merrill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
