On 4 Nov 2014 02:23:26 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:18:55 -0600, Barry Merrill wrote: > >>I'm totally confused. Why would it NOT be better to have a User Return Code >>that >>explains the single 0C1 or 0C4 (of which I've had so many, they are >>Oh-Chuck4's >>instead of the more formal Oh-Charlie4) or OC7 value. How is that less >>useful? > >Great in theory. >If an LE dump helps the developer(s) I'm all in favour. >But if they follow the IBM mantra of "go talk to the the sysprog" - and it >happens to be me - they bloody-well better have a binary dump that is *real* >close to the original abend. >Period. >Else they are doing their own diagnosis. Back in the 1990s I found the LE dumps very usable for debugging COBOL programs. I was easily able to find the various files and go through working storage. While not quite as good as Abend-aid, they were a definite improvement over the standard SYSUDUMP. I also was able to teach other application programmers how to use them and see them put the knowledge to use.
Clark Morris> >Shane ... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
