On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 09:33:56 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: ><snip> >BAR DS 0D >... > END BAR ></snip> >If the entry point offset for BAR had been non-zero, then you did not have >that case. If you did have that case, an alias of BAR would always have >been 0 because BAR is not an external entry point. The binder rule is >simple: if you have an alias for something that is not known externally to >the binder, the offset into the module that is used is 0. > Furthermore, the operand of END needn't be a symbol. Any (simple?) relocatable expression is allowed.
Regardless, I feel that INCLUDE -ATTR and copy utilities (with suitable options) should replicate it. In my case, I had generated the SYSLIN not with assembler but with a compiler I maintained. My intent had been to save 4 bytes of branch around the header. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
