I was writing on my tablet at home when I posted that. The "strangeness" is that although it looks like a GLBA, and the value is "incremented" if used by a nested macro, the value within a given invocation of a macro is "unchanging", unless specifically set by code in the macro.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 4:28 AM > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: &SYSNDX label for variable > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:37:06 -0500 John McKown > <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > :>IBM uses it for labels all the time in their macros. It can be used > :>anywhere a SET symbol is usable. It is one, just with some > 'strange' side > :>effects. > > Such as? > > :>On Apr 15, 2012 12:20 PM, "Micheal Butz" > <michealb...@optonline.net> wrote: > :> > :>> Hi, > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> I was wondering if the label &SYSNDX is valid only for > instruction labels > :>> e.g. > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> e.g. LABEL&SYSNDX LA R1,WORD > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> Or can it be used variable labels > :>> > :>> > :>> > :>> BYTE&SYSNDX DS C > > -- > 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. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > >
