On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:14:10 -0400, Charles Mills wrote:

>Au contraire. It is often useful. I see it used in cataloged procs all the 
>time. And I would be confident that Itschak knows what it does.
> 
However, I once tried to use it by overriding a DD in a cataloged PROC
with DDNAME= so I could add a mention of an OUTPUT statement in
the referenced DD.  Failed with mysterious message.  Went to SR.
Got an explanation of the convoluted logic involved and WAD.  Sigh.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Smith
>Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 10:27 PM
>
>As to the long-forgotten original question, JCL DDNAME is a rarely useful
>feature.  It is supported by neither DYNALLOC nor ALLOCATE.  I'm not sure
>what the OP thinks it does, but it probably doesn't.

-- gil

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