Richard Tsujimoto wrote:
You could simply code the DCB with DSORG, and at run-time, reinitialize the DSORG field. Why would you want to hand-craft a control block?
Who said I wanted to do so? Shmuel asked what would happen if a DCB had a zero DSORG. Binyamin pointed out that the DCB MACRO requires both a MACRF and DSORG, which is true, but not relevant to Shmuel's statement. I pointed out that DCBs and other control blocks can be constructed the hard way.
As to why anyone would want to do so, I can think of a few scenarios, usually involving software written for an environment different from that in which it executes. For example, I have a software package that uses BTAM on systems licensed for it, but not having it myself, I can't assemble the macros, and need work arounds.
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