Ed Jaffe wrote >If this behavior isn't documented, then what difference does it make? A >program that depends on this behavior is no different than one that >depended on undocumented alignment properties from pre-z/OS 1.10 GETMAIN >behavior.
What you wrote is certainly true. But it was exactly this situation that is OA27291. It was all about programs that relied on z/OS not changing some undocumented behavior. Probably this reliance was on the unintentional side, but you never know.. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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