It is not, has not been since the last STRETCH was retired, to address bits.
The usual scheme, familiar presumably to all, is to obtain the location a bit having bit offset i in the seq On 2/18/14, Gerhard Postpischil <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/18/2014 1:41 PM, John Gilmore wrote: >> Since, however, the storage is being declared/allocated in bytes, it >> seems clear to me that the length is/ought to be expressed in bytes >> too. I do not see much rationale for your different view in this >> particular context. > > Clear as mud <g> The OP is using bits as a representation of some > quantity; if more of these units are to be assigned, then it is > reasonable to assume that there is a limiting value, but there is no > expectation for the limit to be a multiple of eight. While the limit > check could also be done distinctly, that adds avoidable complexity. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, Vermont > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
