On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:28:06 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >To summarize IBM's long-standing reticence on system symbols in batch. > >-- A system symbol might clash with ae existing JCL proc symbol with >unpredictable results. >-- A system symbol in batch may get resolved/substituted at an unexpected >point in processing. > This could have dreadful consequences for an ISV who can't control any customer's setting of SYSSYM or of particular symbols.
The maxim is, "Define all symbols you use and double all ampersands not intended to introduce symbols." -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
