Sorry. I would expect the two to be different, but it is documented that they are the same.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Charles Mills [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 2:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx stem variable question > naively I would expect value('AAA.bbb') and value('AAA.BBB'), > but that is neither how it is documented nor how it works. Is a word missing in there? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx stem variable question The behavior of value() is confusing in that it violates the law of least astonishment; naively I would expect value('AAA.bbb') and value('AAA.BBB'), but that is neither how it is documented nor how it works. In OOREXX a trailing period is enough to designate a stem. However, if you want a stem variable whose name does not end in a period, then you need to explicitly initialize it. OOREXX does have enumerators. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
