>>> On 12/2/2010 at 3:05 PM, in message <[email protected]>, Steve Comstock <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/2/2010 2:15 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >>>>> On 12/2/2010 at 1:13 PM, in message<[email protected]>, >>>>> Steve >> Comstock<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think many (not all) of the LE services are useful. For a COBOL >>> shop, the ability to dynamically request storage (no need to have >>> an Assembler subroutine) and the ability to write condition handlers >>> in COBOL (no need for Assembler STAE or ESTAE routines) seem to be >>> attractive. >> >> I am in agreement. Though I have to admit I'd prefer that Enterprise >> COBOL be upgraded to support many of these things. Certainly the >> latest COBOL standard supports dynamic memory allocation with the >> ALLOCATE and FREE statements. And some form of exception handling, >> though I'm not sure how it would fit in with LE. I can barely spell >> STAE, much less make use of it. :-) > > Well, I have to say the COBOL developers ate their own dogfood, > as the saying goes: the XML PARSE structure was implemented > under the covers using condition handling.
Interesting! >>> On the other hand, the truth is I don't see many shops using the >>> CEE callable services. I think part of the problem is lack of >>> awareness (fixable by training, of course). Another part is lack >>> of leadership on trying new things. >> >> No doubt. Which is why I'm trying to take a bit of initiative here. >> >> Disgressing slightly, I have to admit that one of the things that >> kept me from using LE services in the past was the need to handle >> the feedback code. In VSE all of the documentation specifically >> states "COBOL programs must provide the feedback code parameter in >> each call to an LE/VSE callable service." What's really frustrating >> is I don't even think it's true! There is no OMITTED keyword in >> COBOL for VSE/ESA, but you can simulate it: >> >> LINKAGE SECTION. >> 77 LS-OMITTED POINTER. >> PROCEDURE DIVISION. >> set address of OMITTED to NULL >> call "ceemsg" using CTOK CEEMSG LS-OMITTED >> > > How strange! What is strange about it? Frank 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
