In SMP you can specify an alias of a distribution or target library member. That works as expected. What you can't do is specify an alias of a SMP element.
Yes, the element name and the member name are normally the same, but they exist in different name spaces. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 12:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SMP/E question of the day On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:12:59 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Given that a csect may be included in multiple program objects (is there a >generic term for LM & PO), I don't see whwre you would need an lmod parameter >on the NAME statement. Allowing SMP to zap one instance in the target >libraries but not all sounds like a service nightmare. > The CSECT() option of the ++MOD MCS should clarify this. But it's optional, and I don't know that it's verified, even if present. Fiendish case: a CSECT in one ++MOD is identical to the name of a different ++MOD. >Does the 8 character limitation apply to alias names? PDSE limits main names >too 8. > Why are TALIAS and DALIAS mutually exclusive? SMP/E doesn't understand its own alias names. Once, as an experiment I created an alias. In standalone JCL SYSLIN "INCLUDE alias" worked. Failed in SMP/E. Went to SR. Got WAD. -- 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
