Or, better, QUAL in IBMAP. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 2:33 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Conditional assembly variable scope
On 6/27/23 12:17:21, Seymour J Metz wrote: > No. If you have a business case, maybe an RFE for name spaces. Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Also for label symbols as well as conditional symbols, freeing the programmer of the burden of using distinct component prefixes in data area definitions. It could mesh well with labelled USING. FAP did this with the HE[A]D pseudo-op. > ________________________________________ > From: Paul Gilmartin > > Is there a way to declare a symbol in a macro so that it is > visible in the declaring macro and in macros it calls but > not in open code nor in macros calling the declaring macro? > > That would mimic the customary behavior of static scope in > block structured languages and POSIX shell "export", but > not quite REXX "PROCEDURE EXPOSE".. -- gil
