better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. Originally, I did: STRING DS CL7 ORG STRING DC CL6'HELPME' DC X'00' But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: &NULL SETC BYTE(00) STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more understandable to most HLASM programmers? -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
Use a macro. On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:04 AM, John McKown wrote: > COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' > which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. > Originally, I did: > > > STRING DS CL7 > ORG STRING >DC CL6'HELPME' >DC X'00' > > But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: > > &NULL SETC BYTE(00) > STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' > > Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I > just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? > > This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more > understandable to most HLASM programmers? > > -- > "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check > their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. > Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then > blow everyone up." > "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." > "They've got a similar ring to my ear." > > From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
On 2016-06-27 09:04, John McKown wrote: COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. Originally, I did: STRING DS CL7 ORG STRING DC CL6'HELPME' DC X'00' But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: &NULL SETC BYTE(00) STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more understandable to most HLASM programmers? I'd say use a macro, and use a name for the macro that advertises what the macro generates. IMHO something like CSTRING would be more descriptive than DCZ. -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Gord Tomlin < gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com> wrote: > On 2016-06-27 09:04, John McKown wrote: > >> COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' >> which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. >> Originally, I did: >> >> >> STRING DS CL7 >> ORG STRING >>DC CL6'HELPME' >>DC X'00' >> >> But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: >> >> &NULL SETC BYTE(00) >> STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' >> >> Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I >> just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? >> >> This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more >> understandable to most HLASM programmers? >> >> > I'd say use a macro, and use a name for the macro that advertises what the > macro generates. IMHO something like CSTRING would be more descriptive than > DCZ. > Thanks for the CSTRING name. It is better: more descriptive and less likely to be used for something else by IBM. > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
Then you have no choice but nldelstr as your macro name :) ... or should I say :(Za Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:16 AM, John McKown wrote: On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Gord Tomlin < gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com> wrote: > On 2016-06-27 09:04, John McKown wrote: > >> COBOL has succumbed to C interface by offering the Z'Character String' >> which automatically puts a x'00' at the end. I want to do this in HLASM. >> Originally, I did: >> >> >> STRING DS CL7 >> ORG STRING >> DC CL6'HELPME' >> DC X'00' >> >> But that is really odoriferous. So now I do: >> >> &NULL SETC BYTE(00) >> STRING DC 'HELPME&NULL' >> >> Not quite as pungent, but better. Does anybody have a better way? Should I >> just make a macro, perhaps DCZ, to do the above for me automatically? >> >> This is more a technique question than a technical one. What would be more >> understandable to most HLASM programmers? >> >> > I'd say use a macro, and use a name for the macro that advertises what the > macro generates. IMHO something like CSTRING would be more descriptive than > DCZ. > Thanks for the CSTRING name. It is better: more descriptive and less likely to be used for something else by IBM. > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Ze'ev Atlas < 01774d97d104-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: > Then you have no choice but nldelstr as your macro name :) ... or should > I say :(Za > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > Oh, a "name that macro!" contest. Yours has the plus of being 8 characters. I submit NULLCSTR and DCT0x00 (Define Constant Trailing 0x00 - the C language hex constant for x'00') -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
CplusX00 Tony Thigpen John McKown wrote on 06/27/2016 11:20 AM: On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Ze'ev Atlas < 01774d97d104-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> wrote: Then you have no choice but nldelstr as your macro name :) ... or should I say :(Za Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Oh, a "name that macro!" contest. Yours has the plus of being 8 characters. I submit NULLCSTR and DCT0x00 (Define Constant Trailing 0x00 - the C language hex constant for x'00')
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
John, I use STRING_with_term DC C'this is a string',X'0' it has the wrong length attribute (one less) but is easier to decipher than a macro. Martin
Re: better way? C language x'00' delimited string.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Martin Truebner wrote: > John, > > I use > > STRING_with_term DC C'this is a string',X'0' > > it has the wrong length attribute (one less) but is easier to decipher > than a macro. > I was too. But the wrong length just didn't sit well with me. That's where I defined &NULL as a SETC symbol with a BYTE(00) and did DC C'this is a string&NULL'. I'm just looking for alternatives. What I'd really like for HLASM to have a CZ operand which automatically added the x'00' to the end, padded short strings with all x'00', and issued an error if you used a length which was too small to include the ending x'00' E.g. DC CZ'ABC' would be of length 4, encoded as C1C2C300. DC CZL3'ABC' would get at least a warning and truncate like C'...' does. DC CZL3'A' would encode as C1. I'm not putting in a RFE because I doubt that it is that useful to others. Also, the time & talent could probably be better spend in other areas of improvement. > > Martin -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." >From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown
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