Or SOMENEXT EQU *, the next entry in some sequential table? Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 9:03 AM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: EQU * considered harmful Steve Smith wrote, in part: >Note that I don't think EQU * should be used in data areas either, where it >is potentially more dangerous. This is the kind of error that motivated >me to write this up. I'm sure it can be; what's wrong with this: SOME DSECT , SOMEA DS F SOMEB DS F SOMENAME DS CL8 SOMEREST EQU * In this case, SOMEREST is the end of the defined part of the DSECT and the rest is some sort of free-fire zone (or mapped by other DSECTs, or whatever). I've done that a million times, never regretted it; IBM does it all the time. What's wrong with it? .phsiii (this is fun!)
