I want to use the AREAD past experience has thought me all of you know better
> On Jan 3, 2022, at 2:47 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2022, at 12:06:53, Joseph Reichman wrote: >> >> I’m just trying to generate the 4 fields need >> To define a variable to Rexx when using assembler >> 1) length of fetch value >> 2) address of the name of the variable >> 3) length of variable name >> 4) address of the fetch buffer >> > "name"? I see too many indirections. What facility needs the length > or address of the name? IRXEXCOM and ADDRESS LINKMVS surely don't. > >> I 100 % agree with Charles that using the adata is better >> It’s just not practical >> > Alas, if what both you and Peter say are true, no scheme mentioned > so far is both practical and correct. Take your pick. > >> I would have to be aware every time one of these copybooks changes >> re-assemble it to get adata >> Nobody is going to tell me so >> Everyday I would have to check endeavor to see if they copybooks were >> changed >> Or else I would have to read production programs that use the copybooks >> > Isn't that equally so for the AREAD scheme? Or do you plan to read > the copybooks dynamically? You might as well invoke HLASM dynamically. > > Concerning length of this thread: > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality>. > > -- gil
