How do you set R0 in C? ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Unzip on z/OS ?
A similar issue happened with BPXWDYN. COBOL can't set R0. So a new entry point in BPXWDYN was created that handled that problem. This all started with me writing an RCF to tell them that they didn't have a COBOL example. Then a C programmer (I'm guessing) wrote the COBOL code. You can write c in any language (one of those type of things). Problem is, it would confuse most COBOL programmers that, well, it would confuse most COBOL programmers, and so I suggested a few changes to solve the issue. Then one of their own people onfirmed what I said, it would be confusing to most COBOL programmers. And so it appears that IBM doesn't have many product developers that actually know COBOL..... That has been my take-away from that exchange. So you may need to do an RCF, and you may go a few rounds with them. Just say'n'. Steve Thompson On 4/4/2023 1:46 PM, Farley, Peter wrote: > The V2R5 Callable Services manual SA23-1377-50 pp 191-196 describes ONLY the > C language zlib library and functions. There is no material on how to use > those functions from any other language than C. > > At the very least there is no mention of COBOL COPY members for the parameter > definitions nor any mention of a COBOL-compatible link library for inclusion > in an executable module. Only the POSIX C link library and functions are > described. > > Am I missing something? Like maybe the zlib C functions are compiled with > "#pragma linkage(entryname,OS)"? There is no such statement in that manual > at all. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Ed Jaffe > Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 1:30 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Unzip on z/OS ? > > On 4/4/2023 10:22 AM, Farley, Peter wrote: >> I agree with Michael, neither that redbook nor the current (V2R5) z/OS >> Callable Services manual even mention COBOL or any other HLL interface or >> API. Only the C language zlib library and functions are described. > Tom provided the link to the book and on page 128 it states that the > callable services "... are for use by any program coded in C, COBOL, > Fortran, Pascal, or PL/I, and this information refers to programs > written in these languages as high-level language (HLL) programs." > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
