Addressability is much less of an issue than it was on S/360. Just how big are you csects?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Ed Jaffe [edja...@phoenixsoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:23 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Base-less macros On 11/9/2021 9:55 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > LOCTR may not help with literals, but it can help with macros that generate a > DC. Instead of branching around the constant, put a LOCTR before and after it. There is no guarantee a existing USING is in place for a literal or DC in a given LOCTR. The LARL technique improves certainty considerably, but nothing is as certain as branching around a literal constant. -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 https://secure-web.cisco.com/1PDtnWMdQQmYtXWR_mcf-nKXnjdfCFifFjtZUgQV8jCcndfNiu5XLK8g6rzSe6-4sugmH3Smh22WNj-t9SU0BKMMqus3QdTsCO3gLnvF60habcUjrsLGg-pAYlYfJR1SUEpv5_PeQSGyCzSpNWDpkoYeZi7xqRGjsV08q9ZPorv5NkJej_Nfq71rArW-14ctBOdeZyN035V7nNSjGFzccF-qgW1ZTlnInVq4N9nnkbspJ1pEojwJx1S-JOnIhSFaoXrJxJSQ9jKXheMZZFf40ugrcqOr0Ogd7SAQrrG1ER_5cbpDlyZEiOzDF6C1UZF0FYCvidwqry-K5LmrwUH5347XOOZdAyHqr-2VJep3XryCQBCM2chJZN6bsFvw1tGN5RQCNNuqf1pSpaD9kjeMzVSbr1KRKWK2mGW5XqQW7Y9CrN7KhJRo9yUjY2hu84YzY/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoenixsoftware.com%2F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use.
