On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 23:37:57 +0000, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
>
>Maybe this isn't a real enough situation to matter, but it seems odd to me.
> ...
Also, I was astonished by the behavior of (try it!)
//STEP EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSIN DD *
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=(,)
//*
// EXPORT SYMLIST=S
//*
// SET S='Before'
//SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY
The value of S was set &S DD SYSUT1!?
//*
// SET S='DURING'
//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(,&S) What's the writer?
// SET S='After'
//*
Experts tell me it's intuitive; I feel otherwise; they could have done better.
The behavior is irritating when I try setting a symbol before calling a PROC
and get unexpected results.
-- gil
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