I was referring to 'I once found CMS ISPF to reauire "address isredit 'isredit <comand>'". Otherwise the command went to ISPEXEC.', which clearly is b0rk3n. My apologies for not making that clear.
As for "LEAVE = 'date'; LEAVE", it's perfectly valid but don't ever hand that in for a class I'm grading ;-) -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 8:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX vs other languages WAS: Rexx numeric digits and scientific notation question On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:02:56 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Unclean! Did you report it as a bug? > I suspect it's WAD (BAD!) o LEAVE as the target of an assignment is a variable name. o Otherwise, LEAVE as the first token of an instruction is a keywod (LEAVE NAME) o Otherwise, LEAVE is a symbol which may be a variable name. For performance, Rexx gives high priority to detecting assignments. Alas, them's the rules. What would you report as a bug? > >________________________________________ >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2024 11:50 AM > >Astonishment factor with such as "LEAVE = 'date'; LEAVE". No >Rexx syntax error, but unexpected result. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
