Which of the currently available macro-language facilities support computations and comparisons on non-self-defining terms?
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of John Gilmore > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:31 AM > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: How to assign length of generated instructions to macro > variable? > > Robert Ngan's examples are much like others already posted, and they > suffer from the same defects. Implicit diagnosis by attempting to > trigger an assembly error is indicative of something less than full > competence in the use of the HLASM. > > Errors should be detected explicitly using the macro-language > facilities provided for doing so, and they should then be diagnosed in > extenso in mnotes having appropriately chosen severity levels > associated with them. Brevity may perhaps be the soul of wit, but the > unintelligibl;y terse is not a merit in mnote text. > > I wish it were possible to be more charitable, but alternative schemes > are really not admissible. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
