Re: Storage Question

Interesting, I have seen N/T services being described as having a very short path length, and do not require you to set up a save area. I'm not so sure about using CVTUSER or like, someone else might want to use it too. Willy

Re: Structured Programming Macros

Maybe for consistency ? I've been using structured macro for a long time and I don't think that you'll ever get rid of 'old style' code. But it still easier to read if as much as possible is using IFs and DOs. At least I find it so.

SV: A modest proposal: LE enabled HLASM + C runtime

Hi John, not an answer to your very interesting LE suggestion, which I will study in details later. But you mention somewhere that you are trying out the IEFPRMLB macro, and are using both ALLOCATE and FREE - as I recall. I have a program reading a parmlib member and creating a REXX stem. In ther

Re: Any real need for sequence numbers in 73-80 any more?

I remove sequence numbers when I see them. I find them unnecessary and sometimes even destructive.

SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME

Seems that BPXWDYN will accept 2 types of call from ASM: With a length field at the front like. alc1 dcy(alc1l),c'alloc dd(mydd1) dsn(WJ.TEST.DS1) shr' alc1lequ *-alc1-2 Null-delimited like: alc2 dcy(alc1l),c'alloc dd(mydd2)

SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME

ailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] På vegne af Willy Jensen Sendt: 22. december 2017 18:24 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME Seems that BPXWDYN will accept 2 types of call from ASM: With a length field at the front like. alc1 dc

SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME

'My findings, using a z/OS 1.13 system, were that the "halfword length followed by the parameter string" format doesn't work. The "parm string" *must be* null terminated with no halfword length prefix' I have tested both versions in 1.13 and 2.3 systems successfully.

SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME

Sure, here is an extract from my program, the relevant JCL, plus an output sample. MAKESTR is a macro of mine to format a string, The LOG macro is basically a PUT SYSPRINT. LOAD EP=BPXWDYN lrr10,0

SV: Calling BPXWDYN to Return DSNAME for DDNAME

;, not an abend. The length field of course must match the length of the string. Willy On 2017-12-24, at 04:51:16, Willy Jensen wrote: > > INFO1dcy(info1l),C'INFO DD(INFOLIB1)'

SV: Last modified timestamp of a module

Install the PDS86 program from CBTTAPE.ORG file 182. It has some very nice member filter options, and can run as a batch TSO program. Listing loadmodules would be the ATTR : SHORT command. Willy -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UG

SV: Conditional MVCL macro?

Extract from a larger macro. And no, I was not overly concerned with performance. .* r15 : length .* r14 -> source .* r0 -> target .* r1 used when short

SV: Conditional MVCL macro?

-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: Conditional MVCL macro? - Original Message - From: "Willy Jensen" Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 12:04 AM > Extract from a larger macro. And no, I was not overly concerned with performance. > .* r15 : length

SV: Missing macro: “$COMMON”

$COMMON is found at FILE094.PDS FILE297.PDS FILE302.PDS They seem to be the same and they do a lot of stuff, including some string handling. Regards Willy -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Breton Imhauser Sendt: 24. november 2021 18:31 Til: ASSEMBLE

SV: External Assembler REXX Function

RXVSAM can be found at https://www.cbttape.org/ file 268. RXVSAMBA, which does I/O to/from VSAM by REXX stems, can be found at https://www.cbttape.org/ file 669. Willy -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Farley, Peter x23353 Sendt: 1. februar 2022 22:0

SV: Assembler courses

Even so, I did eventually write a macro to handle DCBs from a 31-bit program. The macro does GEN, MOD, OPEN, CLOSE, GET, PUT and EXPOSE with dynamically allocated storage. GET and PUT can determine whether the dataset is FB or VB and read or write data accordingly, aka PL/I GET/PUT DATA (as I re

SV: Re: Assembler courses

Sorry, I meant rmode ANY. Willy -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Peter Relson Sendt: 20. september 2022 14:08 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: Assembler courses Willy J wrote: > I did eventually write a macro to handle DCBs from a 31-b

SV: Question about X2C

Sure: Active Usings: None Loc Object CodeAddr1 Addr2 Stmt Source Statement 000 1 2 TX2C1CSECT

SV: Automatic Variable Insertion

STRING64 doc carries this warning: it will produce assembly errors in the following situations: a. STRING is used in more than one CSECT in the same assembly An alternative, which does not have this restriction, is found as the STRMAKE

SV: Assembler theology question

I too do both, depending on the situation. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af John McKown Sendt: 1. juni 2023 18:31 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: Assembler theology question I do both. I have the USING when I either want multiple field

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

I'd say no, how would you cater for short blocks? -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af David S. Sendt: 11. november 2023 14:59 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Is True Skip-Sequential Processing Possible with RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS? To help resolve

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

I'm pretty sure that you cannot have a variable for the entire expression, you need one for each part. So one for the instruction and another for the register. As someone mentioned SR &n,&n -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af João Reginato Sendt: 14.

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

This works: Macro ZERO &N SR &n,&n Mend zero 1 + SR 1,1 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Willy Jensen Sendt: 14. november 2023 21:56 Til: AS

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

How do you need that SETC? An explanation might help us suggest something. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Paul Gilmartin Sendt: 14. november 2023 22:07 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15 On 11/

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

Would a sublisted SETC do, where P(1) is the instruction and P(2) is the register? -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af João Reginato Sendt: 14. november 2023 22:16 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

9 ABC ZERO 15 > > 10+ABC SR 15,15 > 01-6 > ** ASMA057E Undefined operation code - 6/SR 15,15 > > ** ASMA435I Record 6 in JOAO.QWASM.JOB09586.D101

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af João Reginato Sendt: 14. november 2023 22:37 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15 yes, it worked too, but I still can't understand why. Maybe a bug? Em ter., 14 de nov. de 2023 às 18:31, Willy J

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

I have sometimes used global variables with a recursive call to simulate a macro subroutine to validate and set variables. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Willy Jensen Sendt: 14. november 2023 22:41 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: SV

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

The way I read the error message is that the entire statement 'SR15,15' is read as the op-code. -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List På vegne af Michael Oujesky Sendt: 14. november 2023 23:18 Til: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: ASMA057E Undefined oper

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

Needed: INSERT (was: ASMA057E ...) On 11/14/23 15:22:19, Willy Jensen wrote: > The way I read the error message is that the entire statement 'SR15,15' > is read as the op-code. >. Is there something that works like AINSERT, but processes its operand immediately rather than buf

SV: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15 yes, it worked too, but I still can't understand why. Maybe a bug? Em ter., 14 de nov. de 2023 às 18:31, Willy Jensen < willy.h.jen...@outlook.com> escreveu: > You still have one veriable set to 2 comp

SV: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

As someone else mentioned you can program your way around it. Here is a macro ASPLIT I just put together for the fun of it. Not pretty but seems to do the job. So in your macro you should be able to do &instr1 setc 'la,r15,fw' .* then sometimes later ASplit &instr1

SV: Re: ASMA057E Undefined operation code SR 15,15

Ooops, the 'Macro' statement somehow got dropped, sorry. Here is the updated version As someone else mentioned you can program your way around it. Here is a macro ASPLIT I just put together for the fun of it. Not pretty but seems to do the job. So in your macro you should be able to do &

SV: Inner macro and PRINT NOGEN

I see the same behavior with option NOLIBMAC. From the manual: NOGEN Instructs the assembler not to print statements generated by conditional assembly or the processing of a macro So I guess it makes sense that source of the inline macros, but not the code generated, is listed, -Opr

SV: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address

Would it be acceptable to use a wok register? Then you could have syntax (register) or something else for an address. So if &field1(1,1) is '(' then you generate LR R14,&FIELD1, else you generate LARL R14,&FIELD1 . Followed by CLC 0(2,R14),&FIELD2 . -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mai

SV: SV: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address

BLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Emne: Re: SV: Macro parameters: parsing a relocatable address Willy, No... I think that would be the tail wagging the dog in this case. I'm looking for the most reasonable way to do this by generating one (and only one) machine instruction: CLC . David On Mon,

SV: ASMA043E Previously defined symbol

REXX is fine with the same label occurring multiple times, it just picks the first. Sample: exit sub1() Sub1: say 'first one';return 0 Sub1: say 'second one';return 0 Running the sample get message 'first one' -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: IBM Mainframe Assembler List

SV: Assembler Listing PRINT OFF Issue

Well, I have a couple of assembler copy books that are 1000+ records in size. So normally the COPY statements are inside a PRINT OFF and PRINT ON set. Then if I get an assembly error inside those macros, I remove the PRINT OFF, reassemble and the I can most often identify the failing macro by th

SV: Assembler Listing PRINT OFF Issue

Tue, 28 May 2024 16:32:01 + Willy Jensen wrote: :>Well, I have a couple of assembler copy books that are 1000+ records in size. So normally the COPY statements are inside a PRINT OFF and PRINT ON set. Then if I get an assembly error inside those macros, I remove the PRINT OFF, reassemble

SV: Count attribute (K’)

Jon's suggestion of using the DCLEN built-in seems the way to go, maybe together with the DEQUOTE built-in. Quick test: Stmt Source Statement 1 TCSect 2 using t,15 4 Macro