On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:57:06 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:
> ...
>Would it kill IBM to have some meaningful examples in the JCL reference?
>
The JCL Ref. contains a section:
Using symbols in started task JCL
Example: using JCL symbols
Prepare to be disappointed. I see no meaningful example. Only a couple
forlorn snippets.
> ...
>Try this:
>//procname PROC PARM1=value,PARM2=value
>// EXPORT SYMLIST=*
>// SET PARM1=&PARM1
>// SET PARM2=&PARM2
Doesn't this run afoul of a rule elsewhere in the Ref. that symbols
are not to be defined in terms of other symbols. I've tried it; it
works, even on both sides of the "=". But I must recognize that if
I do so and my program breaks I get to keep both pieces.
-- gil
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