In: z/OS 2.1.0
z/OS MVS
z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide
Linkage Conventions
Conventions for passing information through a parameter list
Program in primary ASC mode
The diagram (I can’t paste that in plain text here) shows a maximum PARM length
of 32760, which matches the PARMDD limit.
I suspect that the storage control block in which the PARMDD is actually held
is probably different from the old 100-byte PARM area, but the method shown to
access it (starting with GPR1) seems to be the same.
HTH
Peter
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Subject: PARMDD
In: z/OS 2.1.0
z/OS MVS
z/OS MVS JCL Reference
EXEC statement
PARMDD parameter
I read:
... To use the information, the processing program must contain
instructions to retrieve the information. ...
For details on the format of the passed information and its retrieval,
see z/OS MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide.
Does this imply that the "passed information" is not in the venerable
R1 plist and that legacy programs probably won't be able to deal with it?
"Assembler Services Guide" is a pretty broad target. Must I read the whole
thing? The ToC contains no mention of PARMDD.
Hmmm. The description of PARM contains identical language. But the
description of PARMDD would be better if it mentioned the similarity to PARM.
And both might more specifically mention the CALL macro.
ISTR that there's a way to display substitutions performed on sysins with the
SYMBOLS= parameter but I can't find it. However, ISTR also that this is
ineffective for PARMDD. Bummer.
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