> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Modernizing the BCP code ? <snip/> > >Oh, and one other reason to use at least one Branch instruction > >in your program instead of a Brance Relative. If the start of a > >program starts with the sequence: > > > > USING *,15 > > B AROUND > > DC C'some character string' > >AROUND DS 0H > > > >Then the SYSUDUMP will print "some character string" in the > >save area trace portion of the dump. In most cases, this > >works because GPR15 points to the B instruction. > > You get the same thing if the first instruction is > J AROUND
When did this come in? I ask because I tested it, I think back in z/OS 1.6, and I didn't get that. Of course, that was long ago. Amazing how difficult it is for me to unlearn old things. About as difficult as it is to learn new things, any more. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
