Obviously for xmem mode there is only one choice The op didn’t specify that just stated assembler debugger
Thanks On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > Knowing object code doesn't give you the names and comments for the > instruction you're looking at. > > The last I looked, TEST didn't have an XMEM mode. Clunky support is better > than none. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Joseph Reichman <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2025 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Assembler debugger > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > For assembler I still use TEST mostly > > > The fact that source doesn’t exist not that big of a deal if you know > assembler you know object code > > I use 2 tso sessions 1 for source 1 for test > > I have had issues debugging with xdc in xmem state > > Though in problem state there doesn’t seem to be any issues > > > Thanks > > > On Nov 9, 2025, at 10:14 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't know what's out there, but certainly the IBM Debug Facility and > the debug tool in the HLASM Toolkit are more awkward. > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on > behalf of Steff Gladstone <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2025 6:12 AM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Assembler debugger > > > > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > > > > We are looking into acquiring an assembler debugging tool. Nearly two > > decades ago I used the z/XDC tool at an earlier employer. Is this tool > > still considered top-of-the-line? Are there other tools considered more > > powerful or friendly? > > > > Thanks, > > Steff Gladstone > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
