On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:49:46 -0500, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > wrote:
>On Thursday, 03/11/2010 at 06:44 EST, Ivica Brodaric ><ivica.broda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So, we will all now suffer a brand new control statement because of yo u. >;-) > >I don't mind leaving the cent sign as a comment prefix delimiter (not as a >"line delete") for compatibility, but we'll want another standard symbol >as well (e.g. >) so that the rest of us who don't have the cent sign in >their code page can use it, too. Actually, I use it as a suffix. Here is a real example extracted from a file built by my automated DDR backup process: INPUT 181 TAPE ( LEAVE OUTPUT 6427 DASD VM6427 RESTORE 0 to 3338 ************** DASD volume VM6428 spans tape boundary ¢ ************** Next tape is VM0154 ¢ INPUT 181 TAPE ( LEAVE OUTPUT 6428 DASD VM6428 RESTORE 0 to 3338 The "comment" lines were inserted as part of the processing when the firs t tape reached EOV. If you were inclined to add an official comment syntax to DDR control files I would suggest using REXX style comments as are also used in SYSTE M CONFIG. I suppose another choice could be the semi-colon as used by TCPI P. Brian Nielsen
