ObPinkPanther "You said your dog doesn't bite!" - "It's not my dog."
If you prefer a different metaphor "Not my monkeys, not my circus." ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 1.4 submit On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:06:27 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I can't speak for others, but if the reference manual for the command doesn't >explicitly show support for ddname or dsn then I won't use that syntax in >production even if I've tested it and it works, although I would submit an >RCF. But it's not my dog; do as you wish. > I suspect the RCF has been tried often, and that IBM's riposte, tacit or overt, is that they prefer not to commit to supporting all possible variants. If they had the courage, utilities documented as having a "file" parameter would do not fopen( file ) but fdopen( open( file ) ) and report errors. (Isn't the metaphor you intend "I don't have a dog in this fight"? <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSXn2QVipK2o&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C9e090710322c4838c19508da6a6941c7%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637939297568840924%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zmuL0%2Bqt2HpeBqtiFFD3XBzYdtiEmIt4A2NtqMl0dCY%3D&reserved=0>) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
