Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote:
>That is exactly correct - never use a variable that begins with 'Z' when
>coding an ISPF application.
This is documented in "z/OS ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference"
Note: ISPF uses variable names that start with Z. Therefore, Z variables are
reserved
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: ISPF Application - a warning
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, at 19:08, Dyck, L
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, at 19:08, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote:
> Thus PDSEGEN 5.3.1 fixes this and I know now never to have a variable
> within any ISPF application of z.
I have a feeling that one is meant to avoid any variable name
that starts with Z too... so no "ZERO" or "ZORRO" or...
--
Jere
I ran across an interesting bug today - found that in PDSEGEN 5.3.0 that edit
cancel was failing. I even opened a PMR on it as I couldn't figure it out -
complete with ispvcall traces.
Then I did some digging and found the edit cancel panel - ISRECFM - and noticed
that it was testing for &Z and
