On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:50:44 -0400 Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
:>Peter, not sure if you are replying to me or Binyamin but in any event I :>have absolutely no complaints with the documentation. It is eminently :>thorough and clear. I just had not yet read that part. The question I had :>been researching at this point was "will I need an R13 save area?" not "how :>does POST LINKAGE=xxxxx behave overall?" If R13 need point to an area, it is documented. I have mu8ch code (exists and such) where the routine does not have a savearea (or working storage) of its own. :>-----Original Message----- :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf :>Of Peter Relson :>Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:28 AM :>To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu :>Subject: Does POST require a save area? :>Some variants of POST LINKAGE=BRANCH do save most registers; some do not. :>The authorized assembler reference is quite clear on tis subject. :>You're right that in the most extreme case, only register 9 is preserved. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html