Re: Assembler Listing PRINT OFF Issue

ve a solution for this then it should be an enhancement :>request. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Assembler Listing PRINT OFF Issue

when there are multiple macros or dsects in a single copy source then it is not possible. :> :>If y'all don't have a solution for this then it should be an enhancement request. :> :>Sincerely, :> :>Dave Clark -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Does the GET macro indicate EOF?

:> :>I just don't know how to dig what I need out of any control blocks, or whether that information is available. Does the GET return anything I can use? Maybe via R1? Or is there something in the DCB to tell me if I've reached the EOF? :> :>David -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.disse

Re: Does the GET macro indicate EOF?

gt; :>(I know that it looks silly to have the EODAD in the middle of the GET loop. This is about my trying to overcome an IDF limitation regarding single-stepping.) :> :>Any help would be appreciated; thank you! :> :>David -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: HLASM PUNCH statement

t the punch at the beginning or the end of the object module if :>it is generated in a macro call in the middle of the source? :> :>Is there a way or maybe another statement to do it? :> :> :> :>TIA :> :>João :> :> :> :> -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

gt;From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List on behalf of Binyamin Dissen :>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:40 AM :>To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU :>Subject: Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address) :>Yes, but the objective is not to parse th

Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:16:45 -0500 Jon Perryman wrote: :>On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:46:28 +0200, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>>How is different than the case at the bottom? :>>:>Because 24(R3) is not an expression. The second operand of the USING must be either a register numbe

Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:13:02 + Seymour J Metz wrote: :>> BLUE is the same as 10(1) :>SHOW THE CODE! Look at the bottom of the previous email. spamassasian seems to be rejecting my posts with a lot of quoting. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen

Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

: :>Because 24(R3) is not an expression. The second operand of the USING must be either a register number or a relocatable expression. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

must be either a register number or a relocatable expression. :>> . :>Rather than :> USING MY0004,24(R3) :>would :> USING MY0004-24,R3 :>have the desired effect? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Why am I getting ASMA145E (was Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address)

-- where BLUE is 10(1) -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address

is? I can certainly generate those in the macro, but I don't see the technique in this case. :> :>David :> :>On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:14:19 +0200, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :> :>>Generate a DSECT and USING. :>> :>>On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:22:00 -0500 David Eisenberg :&

Re: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address

he comparands prior to generating the CLC.) :> :>Any advice would be appreciated... thank you! :> :>David -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Setting as CSECT or on using

as ( TONY H) pointed out there was no CSECT :> :> was null :> :>Thanks :> :>> On Dec 20, 2023, at 3:28?AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>> :>> ?You have been given good advice. :>> :>> Create a minimal program that shows the problem. Based on the expansion sh

Re: Setting as CSECT or on using

mp clearly you can see that is GRECOV :>>> THANKS :>>>//MHELP ENTRY TO STORAGE MODE :>>> SYSTEM PARAMETERS: :>>> //SYSVAR NAMELNTH VALUE (5 :>>> //SYSNDX 004 0005 :>>> //SYSECT 006 GRECOV :>

Re: Setting as CSECT or on using

You know what you failed to include in the post. 'nuff said. On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:12:37 -0500 Joseph Reichman wrote: :>Hi :> :>When I use the following :> Using ,12,10 :> :> comes up blank even though I know it had been set :>Thanks -- Binyamin Dissen http://w

Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

operands in one symbol? Does that also apply to macro calls, i.e., SETC 'DSORG=PS,MACRF=GL,LRECL=80' DCB ? Is that documented or an unexpected feature? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Needed: INSERT (was: ASMA057E ...)

All he needs is an inner macro which takes the , separates it out and issues the instruction. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

Please post an example showing the failure without the SETC. :>> > :>> > Would it be better to have two separate MACROs, one of which calls the :>> > other? :>> > :>> > >> Em ter., 14 de nov. de 2023 às 17:46, Paul Gilmartin escreve:>>>> . :>> > >>> I believe the SETC is unnecessary. How a bout just: :>> > >>>MACRO :>> > >>> ZERO :>> > >>> SR, :>> > >>>MEND :>> > >>> :>> > >>>START :>> > >>> LZERO 15 :>> > >>>END :>> > :>> > -- :>> > gil :>> > :>> -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Is True Skip-Sequential Processing Possible with RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS?

would have to be FBS. The block address can be calculated and a BDAM direct read could retrieve the block. However this is the wrong organization for the file if that is your need. No matter how hard you try, a hammer is a poor tool to put in a screw. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.

Re: Tutorials for z and HLASM?

ble as mentors, workload permitting. Should be Michael Stack stuff on the Northern Illinois University site. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Placeholder Instruction

:>> :>> No need for a placeholder instruction. :> :> :>Thanks. Yes, that would work but I don't like how it looks. :>Because, to a COBOL programmer, it looks like an OR condition as it is in :>COBOL. I wanted the placeholder instruction so that even a COB

Re: IARV64 REQUEST=DISCARDDATA Question

:> :>Mike Shaw :>MVS/QuickRef Support Group :>Chicago-Soft, Ltd. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Placeholder Instruction

:> CONTINUE :>WHEN 3 :> ... :>in this case CONTINUE is a BRANCH to END-EVALUATE :> :>and :>WHEN 2 :>WHEN 3 :>in this case WHEN 2 execute the same instruction as WHEN 3 :> :>HTH :>René Le lundi 25 septembre 2023 à 23:55:30 UTC+2, Binyamin Dissen a écrit

Re: Placeholder Instruction

something WHEN 2 WHEN 3 something ENDSEL , No need for a placeholder instruction. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: IEFU86 WorkArea use ?

es, do you use it to safely store stuffs inside ? Or this workarea is not to be used to store stuffs and has another utility ? As it is an extent ion of the SMXP I would not expect it to be shared. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: IEFU86 WorkArea use ?

: :> :> https://bit.listserv.ibm-main.narkive.com/cIdJ48RP/smf-exit-iefu086-work-area-size#post16 :> :>the workarea seems shared (maybe why it fails for me ?) If it is the case, what is the utility of the workarea ? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Blocking Low core access from Assembler programs

ther than zero.. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Missing ASMA034E message

load return address :>#END_CBASE_1 DS0H :> L R11,#BAS_SAV+(4*0)restore segment base :> DROP R11 :> BRR14 :>* :>GETDIRDCSECT :>* :>@DATA LOCTR , :>##STATIC DS0D :>#RENTSIZ DCAL4(#E_RENT

Re: When did logical instructions appear?

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:36:12 + "Schmitt, Michael" wrote: :>My company's COBOL coding standards are* to define binary fields as signed (e.g. PIC S9(4) BINARY). I'm wondering why that's the standard. Because it takes extra instructions to get the absolute value. -- Binyamin

Re: Using ARs for MVC vs. using Move to Primary or other instruction?

ary. The advantage of MVCP/MVCSK, etc. are that they allow a move from a different key area while not in key0 to avoid overlays If you are planning a very big move it would be quite likely that your source will consist of multiple keys so if using MVCL in key0 be very very careful. -- Binyamin

Re: Edit Masks

re :>work for yourself. UNPK may give strange results if the positive sign is preferred. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: RES: Testing address validity

e março de 2022 17:14 :>Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU :>Assunto: Re: Testing address validity :>Just curious would the following macros work better as a replacement for :>TPROT in the requested case? :>IARBRVER, IARBRVEA, and IARBRVKA -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissen

Re: Has IBM created an extended S-constant for long displacements?

Thanks. Missed it. On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 09:19:56 + Jonathan Scott wrote: :>Ref: Your note of Mon, 7 Mar 2022 11:05:51 +0200 :> :>Binyamin Dissen writes: :>> Has IBM created an extended S-constant for long displacements? :>> :>> If so, it hasn't been obvious to me

Has IBM created an extended S-constant for long displacements?

Has IBM created an extended S-constant for long displacements? If so, it hasn't been obvious to me in the manual. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Testing address validity

riting a storage snooping program, you would need to determine key if the storage can be resolved. Finally, unless the appropriate system locks (MVS) and there is proper disablement, the same query asked a few instructions later may get a different answer. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftwa

Re: Rules for Zoned Overpunch

ind x'A1', x'B1', or x'E1' for overpunch values? :> What is the shortest way (in terms of assembler instructions) to validate :>these into just two classes -- positive and negative? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Is it possible to update CSA from an unauthorized user-key program?

at storage? :>> c) Should the KEY parameter be specified, and if so, what value should I use. Afaik it has to be 0-7 since User-key CSA was outlawed. :>> d) Am I correct that there isn't an IRAV64 option that will allow a user-mode program to update the storage? :>> :>> Thanks for your help! :>> :>> Wendell :>> :>> (Cross-posted to the CICS list.) -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: FPR usage question

the application programs to save register values for the system. If you are in an exit - different rules apply. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Base-less macros

tten by using ltorg literals and the client :>> did not put a LTORG after my macro causing a 'no active base register' :>> issue. So, I am thinking inline with a BRAS is better. :>> :>> Maybe there is another approach that I missed? :>> :>> Suggestions? :>> :>> Tony Thigpen -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: HLAM and RENT binder option

e that is RENT-compliant but merely violates REFR. :>I suppose it's too late to fix it. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: A problem with OPEN and CLOSE macros

ra coding for the 'new' format only, to :>detect both mode and storage violation errors...setting an error code :> :>Whether this is worth doing is largely up to the user community, I would be worried if an innocent looking macro could subvert program code :> :>Your thoughts ? :> :>Melvyn Maltz. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

Re: Determining AR or Primary Mode

IAC also provides the value needed for SAC, should you wish to restore it. It would have been nice if there was also an IAM/SAM set rather than needing to use the TAM condition code to decide which variant of SAM to issue. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Ba

Re: Help with EZASMI assembly

es to address the primary address space while in AR mode, using the index register alone does access the correct address space. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you sh

Re: Help with EZASMI assembly

ntil the IBM precompiler fixed the problem. :>Please consider helping yourself and others by opening an RFE. I think the :>team might consider making such updates, but might not do so without an :>RFE to which the work can be correlated. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com

Re: Help with EZASMI assembly

ng as big as IGDZILLA. Yet. Before EXEC SQL was made relative addressing friendly by IBM, I used OPSYN to alter the effect of the instructions. My code was PRE_SQL EXEC SQL ... POST_SQL >From the above expansion you code can redefine DC vi

Re: Relocatable immediate values

s taken to be the :>address of the instruction rather than the address of the 4-byte :>immediate field within it. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, y

Re: Relocatable immediate values

GFI sign extends in all addressing modes. :>Not a lot about this in the PoP...nada Don't understand why the assembler accepted the instruction. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and exp

Re: security with storage allocation under z.OS

ble. You are asserting that RENT now forces REFR? :> :>From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List on behalf of Binyamin Dissen :>Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:35 AM :>To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU :>Subject: Re: security with storage all

Re: security with storage allocation under z.OS

OT to prevent storing into programs :>marked REFR. Dismayingly, I believe REFRPROT is global and :>intrduces incompatibility with "dusty deck" programs erroneously :>marked REFR. That is a good thing. However, RENT alone does not (conceptually) require a module to be refreshabl

Re: security with storage allocation under z.OS

ction would brek, e.g., LOADER. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to c

Re: Register saving formats

saved register value as an address. :> :>My question is: Why was IBM unable to design a standard convention for saving 64-bit registers in amode 31 programs that is backwardsly compatible with unchanged programs? Is there really no possible way that it could be accomplished? -- Binyamin Dissen

Re: Deep cuts

SA and 63-bit z/Architecture in a manner analogous to how compatibility between 24-bit S/370 and 31-bit 370/XA systems was implemented?  Would (24, 32, 63) have been a better bit-size expansion sequence than was (24, 31, 64)? Don't have a clue as to what you are suggesting. -- Binyamin Dis

Re: how to return? Let's see how good you are.

LAR15,1 . :>>LAR10,4095(R15,R8) . :>>USING ,R8,R10 . :>> :>> The return code is: :>> RETURNR15 DS 0H :>>L R1,4(,R13) GET CALLER SAVE AREA ADDRESS :>>

Re: Clearing a register

59-464c-92a3-3f74f8c545c4 :> :>Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. :>Poughkeepsie NY -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me

Re: how to return?

ill see the difference between: BSM 14,0 and BSM 0,14 i.e., what happens to/with R1 and what happens to/with R2. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a respons

Re: how to return?

. :> LAR10,4095(R15,R8) . :> USING ,R8,R10 . :> :>The return code is: :>RETURNR15 DS 0H :> L R1,4(,R13) GET CALLER SAVE AREA ADDRESS :> STR15,16(,R1) SAVE RETURN CODE :>

Re: how to return?

0H :> L R1,4(,R13) GET CALLER SAVE AREA ADDRESS :> STR15,16(,R1) SAVE RETURN CODE :> LMR14,R12,12(R13) RESTORE REGISTERS :> BSM 0,R14 GO BACK :> :>Tony Thigpen -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissens

Re: USING support for HIGH-WORD facility

the high 32 bits. The Principles of Operation terminology “effectively provides :>sixteen additional 32-bit registers”. :>HLASM doesn’t seem to provide a way to specify the a USING with only the high 32-bits of a register. :>Is such functionality an enhancement request?

Re: Does the z architecture have something like the SIMD instructions

).  While I can ignore that stuff, I became somewhat interested in the subject. :>Ze'ev Atlas -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you sho

Re: Convert *signed* EBCDIC to packed decimal

the sign characters myself, remove them, pack the result, and flip the sign if it was negative? :>Alternatively, is there some accessible prior art out there? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks pa

Re: z/390 Assembler and START statement.

loader I wrote a long time ago, and thought that for completeness, I would accommodate this idiosyncrasy of START. :> :>Thanks all for the feedback. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package

Re: z/390 Assembler and START statement.

can easily circumvent it. But, I was curious if I'm incorrectly using START (or is this behavior an undocumented feature)? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a resp

Re: Returning bool and similar values from subroutines (was z/OS HLASM: EQU for statement labels)

n value from subroutines that tested single conditions, and for using those EQU *. Went to TA, who insisted those were poor practices, without being able to articulate why. Went to prof, who shrugged and said "48 out of 50 is pretty good". :> :>Meanwhile, my buddy who had been u

Re: Global character not keeping value

value and :>> is null :>> :>> :>> :>> MACRO :>> :>>EPLG :>> :>> LCLC :>> :>> GBLC :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> :>> As this code in the eplog is skipped :>> :>> :>> :>> WS_DSECT DSE

Re: Converting TIMEUSED macro output to printable time used

doesn't really make any sense to me as I would expect it to be somewhere around 17. :> :> :>K1 DCF'1' :> :> :> :> :> :>On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:11:01 +0300, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :> :>>I would suggest looking at the value in DBLWD1. Then you can figure out what

Re: Converting TIMEUSED macro output to printable time used

nt back to LM. :>any help at all would be appreciated. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very

Re: Circular Queue Handling in Assembler

Not really a wrap around tool. On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:25:35 -0500 Steve Smith wrote: :>Sounds to me like a job for Cell Pool Services. It not only is already :>written, tested, and documented, it's easy to use; not to mention several :>other advantages. -- Binyamin Dis

Re: Circular Queue Handling in Assembler

eset this Index number before or after adding the last entry in the queue ?Should there be a second Compare and Swap ? :>. :>. :>Paul :>* :>. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and ex

Re: Linkedit error IEW2454W

As your JCL specified NCAL, it suggests that the unresolved is OK. Of course, you must consider the risk of this unknown product failing. I would suggest contacting the vendor, as it is even possible that the exit is no longer needed or incompatibly changed. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissen

Re: Basic question on Procesors/Instruction set

ough to have a test function to validate that the function is supported. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very ra

Re: Removing Inner macros when no longer needed?

:>Charlottesville, VA 22902 :>EADDRESS:dbc...@colesoft.com :> :>Home page: www.colesoft.com :>LinkedIn:www.xdc.com :>Facebook:www.facebook.com/colesoftware :>YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/colesoftware :> :>Tools: z/XDC for Assembler debugging :>

Re: Snap Macro Assembler error ?

:>>> :>Doesn't parens indicate register format :>>> :> :>>> :> :>>> :> :>>> :> :>>> :> :>>> :> SNAPLSNAPX PDATA=ALL,SDATA=LSQA,LIST=(R7),STRHDR=L1,MF=L :>>> :> :>>> :>+ 7,*** IHB083

Re: Snap Macro Assembler error ?

:> :> B EXIT -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com dom

An idea I got when researching a bug - warnings when a specific register is changed

ng message on the instruction. Or might such an option exist? -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bot

Re: Curosity Question About ESTA and MSTA

at EAX of the Started Task ? :>. :>For some reason I expected this to be an Exception of some sort. :>ESTA and MSTA are not privileged instructions. :>. :>Would this sequence of Instructions actually change the problem programs EAX in other words giving it the EAX of the Started Ta

Re: Calling ACFBATCH in assembler

gt; > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On :>> > Behalf Of Jake Anderson :>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 4:58 AM :>> > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU :>> > Subject: Calling ACFBATCH in assembler :>> &g

Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM

On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:40:55 -0700 Paul Gilmartin <0014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: :>On 2018-01-27, at 13:03:48, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 05:13:36 + Jon Perryman wrote: :>> :>On Friday, January 26, 2018 7:05

Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM

s memory :>and lets the paging system handle the I/O. (And I think we like to :>believe that most operating systems go to great lengths to optimize :>paging logic.) *nix platforms have mmap() to provide similar functionality. You are referring to a LDS. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@di

Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM

that overrides information in the DCB. Not at all. DCB overrides all. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preau

Re: LT Instruction After Compare And Swap

necessary ? It isn't. :>What was the author trying to accomplish after Compare and Swap ? Create a spin loop? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expe

Re: Address of a Literal

I was a lad, the assembler could barely do :>macros... :>(Of course, so-called "high-level" languages like C should be so lucky as to :>have the power of assembler macros! Their idea of a "macro" is really quite :>primitive.) -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftwa

Re: Address of a =LITERAL

e - =X'00029983') :>I must be making some silly mistake and tried to RTFM but can't figure out how to do this... Can somebody point me in the right direction? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Isr

Re: Access registers

it. Especially when very few of the programs expected to have that long a life. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me

Re: Load module

value in the CDE's RSA? Only if you know more details, such as the size. The relative EP may help. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response

Re: Load module

BRBP to point to "my" RB at runtime, assuming I'm an ordinary application program, not some deep system exit, etc. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks

Re: Load module

OL and (3) even if it were valid would only work as :>> a dynamic call if the DYNAM compiler option were in effect. If the author :>> was talking about IBM COBOL, he probably meant to say: CALL WS-PROG1 USING :>> XXX, :>> :>> If the question is &

Re: edmk instruction

LD,PFIELD OI ZFIELD+L'ZFIELD-1,X'F0'fix sign -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you

Re: Reading RECFM=U dataset with READ macro and exact number of bytes.

,A477,PRZZ9F, :>IEC020I JZPT.SQBN0G.J48017.SMF30.U :>IEC020I NO ERROR HANDLING, (SYNAD), EXIT SPECIFIED :> :>It seems that specifying the number of bytes is allowed for RECFM=U. :> :>Any hint ? :> :>To be clear, I've a file with a VBS format (BDW+RDW+data) in a undefined :>format

Re: Question About Coding for a Failing Program

on't see a specific field :>identifying the failing program . :>. :>. :>In an ARR, How can I determine the Failing Program using the SDWA, PRB, etc :>for a failing program running in supervisor state ? :>. :>Paul D'Angelo :>* :>* -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@

Re: ORG question

ve been using "ORG ," so it may be time for me to change? Explicit ORG is always better. The only good time for unexplicit ORG is when overlaying work areas (though I am sometimes sloppy with translate tables and use ORG , rather then ORG table+256 -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftwar

Re: Transactional Execution - anybody used it?

, so could :>be adversely impacted by those cases (and your usage could adversely :>impact others). If you can use TBEGIN(C), you no longer need to contend :>with other users of the LOCAL lock. :>This is a performance-related facility. Performance needs should dictate :>how much

Re: ASMA435I

CBTTAPE :>have something of the sort? :> :>And what ever is in the DEB for a UNIX directory!? (Already :>raised the question on IBM-MAIN; dead silence.) Data Areas :>for DEB doesn't even mention UNIX or HFS or ZFS, but there's :>got to be something there for BLDL/FIND to get aho

Re: Rif: ASMA033I Storage alignment for unfavorable for dependent DSECT?

t;Zzz_a ds cl2040 :>. La r?,zzz_a :>. Using zzz,r? :> In this case DDNTXTU is alignad . :>. Ds 0f :>. DS CL1 :>Zzz_a ds cl2040 :> :> :>. La r?,zzz_a :>. Using zzz,r? :> :> In this case DDNTXTU is NOT aligned -- Binya

ASMA033I Storage alignment for unfavorable for dependent DSECT?

,CL8 @DDNTXTU USING S99TUNIT,DDNTXTU STG R1,@DDNTXTU.S99TUPAR The assembler knows that the resolved address is at a doubleword offset in ZZZ Working as designed?? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Softwar

Re: Callable Cell Pool Service

rk area by the system. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain.

Re: EQUATE symbol

> :>I am not sure what type of symbol WS_LEN is :>I think it's a SETC :>That means I probably couldn't do :>WS_LENGTH DC A(WS_LEN) :> :>Any help with this ( how to get WS_LEN into a register) would be appreciated -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.diss

Re: Storage Question

. I can then use that area for my own stuff. But finding the SSVT :>from a "random" address space would probably cost as much, if not more, :>than using a Name/Token. Vendors request a word in the vendor area. That points to their stuff. SSCT lookup is quite slow as well. -- Biny

Re: Storage Question

xists" then :>>> Free the obtained storage :>>>Else if bad-RC then :>>> error-exit :>>> EndLoop :>> This is exactly what we do. :>> It avoids the overhead and hassle of explicit serialization in exchange :>> for a _very, very tiny chance_

Re: Storage Question

rol? Is this home grown or commercial? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain

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