On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:42:40 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote:
>I just noticed the following changes in JCL for System Symbols in V2.1
>
Only just? Many of us have been reveling in the disclosure ever since
the preliminary announcement of 2.1.
>...
> . Exporting JCL symbols-A new JCL statement EXPORT has been added,
>that defines a list of JCL symbols that should be made available to the
>application at execution time. A subsequent SET statement, and only SET
>statement, ...
>
I hadn't noticed the "only SET statement". And elsewhere the (older) JCL
RM counsels against setting symbols "in terms of" (IIRC) other symbols.
I wonder what happens if:
//P PROC A=
// EXPORT S
// SET S=&A
...
Syntax error? Other undesirable result. A harsh reprimand if a customer
submits an SR on the behavior?
-- gil
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