> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:36:38 -0400, Don Poitras wrote:
>
> >I guess it depends what you mean by "I would like to use 64bit storage
> >for some functions from Cobol." If the Cobol part is never going to
> >directly use the memory, then there's no problem in a called program in
> >another language using above the bar storage. Just remember to SAM 31
> >before you return to Cobol (unless you use one of the "calls"
> >that automatically returns you in the correct amode.)
>
> If you have an assembler called program, you don't need to issue SAM31 before
> returning as long as you
> were called with one of BASSM, BASR or BALR. In all of these cases the return
> register (R14) contains
> sufficient information so that BSM will return correctly.
But see APAR PI17184 for an instance when BSM did not return correctly.
-jc-
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