On 9/7/2015 12:58 PM, Walter Pachl wrote:
> I would vote for 2 (cheapest and honest solution)
> Add a sentence to each:
> Address hostemu 'TS' is equivalent to Call trace '?R'
> Address hostemu 'TE' is equivalent to Call trace 'O'
> Address hostemu 'HI' is equivalent to Signal halt

Remove 'Call', it's not needed.
Change the last  one to: exit
thus avoiding the 'Unknown label: halt
error msg.
>
> That's what I see with this little Test program
>
> Trace R
> Do i=1 To 100000
>    j=i**i
>    If i<5 Then
>      Say 'i='i 'j='j
>    If i=2 Then
>      address hostemu 'TS'
>    If i=3 Then
>      address hostemu 'TE'
>    End
> Say i
> address hostemu 'HI'
> Say i
> ::requires hostemu LIBRARY
>
> Note that these subcommands can also be entered in lowercase or mixed case :-)
>
> Option 1: still cheaper but not quite as clear
> Option 3: As cheap as 2 but not quite as honest
> Option 4: Some effort and honest
> Option 5: I couldn't possibly estimate the (huge) effort and I doubt that the 
> hostemu Library should/would play a role there
>
> Walter
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: CVBruce [mailto:cvbr...@gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Montag, 07. September 2015 17:55
> An: Open Object Rexx Users <oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Betreff: Re: [Oorexx-users] How to use HI, TS and TE in *nix (bash)
>
> Let me summarize the discussion:
>
> 1. The hostemu environment commands “TS” “TE” and “HI” work as documented in 
> the ooRexx Rexx Extensions manual.
> 2. The commands mentioned above although named like the CMS commands, don’t 
> work like the CMS commands.
> 3. The commands mentioned above offer little if any additional functionality 
> to ooRexx.
>
> It would be interesting to hear from the author to understand his/her reason 
> for implementing the commands.
>
> Possible paths forward:
> 1. Do nothing.
> 2. Add documentation to clarify the use and restrictions of the current 
> commands.
> 3. Remove documentation referring to the commands, i.e. make them 
> undocumented.
> 4. Remove the commands from the software and documentation.
> 5. Enter an RFE to change how the commands work to be compatible with the 
> workings of the CMS commands.
>
> Bruce
>> On Sep 6, 2015, at 11:39 PM, Walter Pachl <christel.u.w.pa...@chello.at> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Currently I see this:
>>
>> C:\Users\Walter>rexx loop
>> 90000001
>>
>> C:\Users\Walter>hi
>> Der Befehl "hi" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht
>> gefunden werden.
>>
>> C:\Users\Walter>rexx loop
>> 90000001
>>
>> C:\Users\Walter>ts
>> Der Befehl "ts" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht
>> gefunden werden.
>>
>> So my "immediate" commands are kept till my rexx ends.
>>
>> Not so on CMS
>>
>> Walter
>> PS Der Befehl "xx" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht 
>> gefunden werden.
>>      The 'xx' command was spelt incorrectly or could not be found
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: J. Leslie Turriff [mailto:jlturr...@mail.com]
>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 06. September 2015 21:07
>> An: Open Object Rexx Users <oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Betreff: Re: [Oorexx-users] How to use HI, TS and TE in *nix (bash)
>>
>> On Saturday 05 September 2015 21:10:57 CVBruce wrote:
>>> I feel that I overstated the case, in that I do believe they are a
>>> part of Rexx, in that they are supported in a particular Rexx 
>>> implementation.
>>> There are always going to be locally implemented features that are
>>> not universally available in every implementation of the language.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>
>>      Agreed; but if provided as an emulation of another platform's 
>> capabilities, they should actually provide that capability.
>>
>> --
>>              A Caution to Everybody
>>
>>      Consider the Auk;
>>      Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.
>>      Consider man, who may well become extinct
>>      Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.
>>
>> -- Ogden Nash
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