On Sun, 8 May 2022 13:02:15 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: >I'm uneasy that ADDRESS TSO SUBCOM et al. contravene the >specification of ADDRESS in the Rexx Ref.: > ADDRESS temporarily or permanently changes the > destination of commands. Commands are strings > sent to an external environment. ... > >That's only mostly true. In contrast, > ADDRRESS LINKMVS IEFBR14 > expands as macro LINK EP=IEFBR14 > ADDRESS SH ':' > expands as "sh -c ':'" >etc. >It's a misdesign; chaotic, that Rexx induces a restriction on >the name space of an "external environment", particularly >given that ADDRESS MVS, which is peculiar to Rexx, not >an external environment, exists and serves the need.
I'm not following you, Gil. Rexx issues the REXEXT macro when commands are issued. It's up to the macro expansion provided by MVS and the registered SUBCOM handlers (invoked by REXEXT) to interpret the command string in whatever way is appropriate to the command handler. Alan Altmark IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
