"Why isn't the length attribute of a DSECT its actual length?" I don't have a good answer, but I do have a related RFE you can vote for. For all the good it will do, as it's never received a response from IBM as far as I can tell... https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=85682
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 12:26 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: EQU * considered harmful On 2018-08-02, at 12:03:12, Phil Smith III wrote: > > Heh. "Wander". You're not declaring anything: when I say "EQU *" I am > thinking, "I don't know or care about alignment, I mean Right Damned Here. > Maybe it's halfword-aligned, maybe not. I don't care. To me, that's different > from DC <anything>. But I'd be the first to admit that it's subtle, and might > be just me. > Sounds like a suitable thing to indicate the end of a control block. Useful to compute its lenth, and what else? Perhaps the END operand of a dependent USING? What should its type be? What should the type of the length be? Why isn't the length attribute of a DSECT its actual length? Etc.? -- gil The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you.
