Possibly because 1 - If some lines don't have numbers, the member is technically not numbered. 2 - A member that is not numbered can have real data in 73-80. 3 - Blanking out real data with the unnum command is undesirable.
Presumably, if unnum fails for this reason, you would double check before issuing the renum command. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 2:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ICEGENER to the rescue again? > > On 2018-06-25, at 12:07:00, Mike Schwab wrote: > > > Unnum doesn't work if all lines don't have numbers. So you have to > > renum then unnum. > > > Can anyone think of a reason for this? Cui bono? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
