On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:16:36 -0500, John McKown wrote: >> >> Decades ago, before OMVS was envisioned, I was maintaining/enhancing the >> runtime library for a FOSS Pascal system and wished the access method >> would do something similar for Classic data sets. It would have saved me >> considerable support code and a Pascal application could have seen >> everything as RECFM=V. >> >> Such support for Classic data sets still merits an RFE, IMHO. Even better >> than >> mere backward compatibility. > >That would be interesting to have. Let [BQ]SAM compare the RECFM in the >DSCB (or tape label) versus the program (or JCL). If the DCB or JCL says >RECFM=V & the DSCB says RECFM=F, then create a VB record from the FB record >and vice versa. If this were really wanted, then I would bet that someone >could use the GPSAM program from the CBT to create something. > Or, just eschew Classic data sets and do everything with UNIX files. The code already exists and is operational. Binder's misbehavior should be APARable; documenting it as a feature is improper.
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