Re: Program Alias Names

2024-02-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:58:42 +1100, Peter Morrison wrote: > >The MVS (et al) Binder and program objects have been around for over 30 >years. > >It is possible to have aliases for program objects (stored in a PDSE) that >are longer than 8 characters. > >However, I have not found any facilities to

Re: Program Alias Names

2024-02-23 Thread Phil Smith III
Quite possibly a stupid/useless suggestion, but: what about SIDEFILE entries? It's been 15 years since I remember looking at those. We had a ton of long entry point names in ported code, and used SIDEFILE for a while. We later got around needing SIDEFILE in a super-hackish way: we create a

Re: Program Alias Names

2024-02-23 Thread Farley, Peter
JUIX? What is that? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 9:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Program Alias Names On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:58:42 +1100, Peter Morrison wrote: > >Have I missed som

Re: Program Alias Names

2024-02-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:58:42 +1100, Peter Morrison wrote: > >Have I missed something or is it not possible to bring into storage longer >than 8-byte aliases from a PDSE? I would love someone to point me to other >facilities that I am not aware of. > Can a JUIX external link reference a long

Program Alias Names

2024-02-23 Thread Peter Morrison
Hello List, (This was posted to the assembler list by mistake - it shouldn't have been). The MVS (et al) Binder and program objects have been around for over 30 years. It is possible to have aliases for program objects (stored in a PDSE) that are longer than 8 characters. However,