I have seen IBM DSECTS that map variable-length records, and the start of the variable part states "EQU *"
Pieter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: 01 August 2018 18:34 To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: EQU * considered harmful EQU * is a very common idiom in assembler programming. I'd like to submit for your consideration that it is wrong, 100% of the time. Any symbol referencing memory should always be defined with DS/DC, so the correct alignment can be specified. * per se, is a very useful concept, just not on EQU. But as far as I can see, every EQU * is a bug, either latent or actual. The most acceptable usage would be to generate the length of an area (*-X), but even that can easily be done by defining an 'end' symbol, so that EQU X-Y is available. If I'm overlooking something, I hardly have to ask... but tell me if there's no better way for some example. -- sas --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
