On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Ronald Van Der Laan wrote: > /* */ > Call Diag 8, 'CP IPL LINUX PARM VMPOFF="ipl cms" MEM=64M'
We're presenting examples and omitting context. What works in REXX on CMS might not work from a Linux shell and probably will *not* work from the un-aided CP command line. Ronald, I'm not sure if "case inversion" is the right solution. I see that it works based on your example and explanation, but the purist in me is really bothered by it since there *are* case sensitive interfaces to CP. If we had case inversion just to circumvent a problem in VPMOFF and VMHALT, that would be a mistake. Remember rules like "least astonishment". Case inversion can be quite a surprise. The un-informed might think it is a bug, post to the list asking for help, get a half dozen replies of "that's how it's supposed to work". Yuck. It's not a bad thing per se. But don't implement it solely to avoid fixing a different problem. -- RMT
