One obvious use is to detect conditions for which there is an active ON unit. 
It's much easier with (E)SPIE.


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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3


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Subject: Re: ESPIE question (does ESPIE "cover" ATTACH'd sub-tasks)

In that case why does LE use ESPIE in condition handling?

> On 2 Apr 2020, at 9:53 pm, Peter Relson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'd say that no one should use ESPIE unless they have a valid performance
> reason to do so.
>
> <snip>
> And no clean way to percolate.
> <snip>
> As of z/OS 1.12 there is:  you can set EPIEPERC
>
> (E)STAI is the only recovery mechanism that comes to mind that applies to
> other work unit(s).
>
> Peter Relson
> z/OS Core Technology Design
>
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