> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Word-1 of the Co nventional Save Area > > On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:54:44 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > > >Of course, I always zero 8(,13) just before I RETURN (in HLASM). > > Of course? Why? > > -- > Tom Marchant
Habit, I guess. I regard that as a "dangling pointer" which may or may not be valid, so I zero it. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
