I gave up TSO TEST for ASMIDF years ago. Give it try.
In article <listserv%201104051934476841.0...@bama.ua.edu> you wrote: > On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:36:24 -0400, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> > wrote: > > > >I too continue to use TSO TEST for certain things, and indeed it would > >be a very good thing if they would add just a few little updates: > > > >Better floating point support, as you suggest > > > >Access register support > > > >64-bit GPR support > > > >64-bit indirection (the IPCS syntax would be consistent) > > > >TEST (and other TSO components) are extra frustrating because however > >dead-ended TSO may be, there *are* updates going on, but they never > >seem to take the opportunity to make minor enhancements while they > >have a module open for other purposes. Yeah, I know - internal > >politics, time & budget allocation, and so on. But most development > >labs manage to sneak in a few enhancements under the RADAR from time > >to time. > > > Yes, I've discussed some of those with the TSO guy. The basic problem with > all of them seems to be that they hit the TSO TEST register save and restore > processing and that is non-trivial to upgrade plus its hard to do piecemeal. > I've done a fair amount of AMODE(64) testing on TEST and it seems to run > AMODE(64) stuff just fine; its just that you can't see the addresses when > they're in registers... :-( > Writing the code is the easy part; its getting the resources to thoroughly > test > what you've written that stops you dead in your tracks. > W. Kevin Kelley -- IBM POK Lab -- z/OS Core Technical Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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