I forwarded the message to them.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX MVSVAR SYMDEF behavoiur On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:28:12 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >"The MVSVAR('SYMDEF',string) function goes through REXX substitution for >string first, the result of which must be a 1-8 character symbolic-name >specifying the symbol that has been defined in the SYMDEF statement. Any other >values including REXX delimiters might cause unpredictable results." > That appears not to reflect: Summary of changes for z/OS Version 2 Release 3 (V2R3) The following changes are made for z/OS Version 2 Release 3 (V2R3). ... Changed ... • The MVSVAR function, with the SYMDEF argument as the first operand, now includes support the long symbol names. See “MVSVAR” on page 128 for more information. Amend your RCF, or let them figure it out? But the behavior of ampersands shouldn't simply be dismissed as "unpredictable". It seems essential. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
