Actually, my dynamic calls work just fine to the alias'ed entry points so it's not an issue. Bottom line, I' fine with my module's structure both in its primary entry point and its aliased entry point. All I am looking for is whether the COBOL compiler can do PUNCH statements like some of the assemblers and I believe it has been pointed out already that it doesn't support it. So, I'm going to have to move on to the compiling tool we use and modify it to support alternate link parm input.
Thanks for your comments. Charles (Chuck) Hardee Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration EAS Information Technology Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 Industry Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone +1 (724) 517-2633 | Mobile +1 (412) 877-2809 | FAX: +1 (412) 490-9230 [email protected] | www.thermofisher.com WORLDWIDE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: Dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent of a system responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please inform the sender and delete all copies. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Woodger Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 5:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Question about the COBOL compiler Well, static or dynamic matters. Static CALLs will work to ENTRY points in the expected way (previous state of program, whether PROGRAM-ID any other ENTRY was CALLed previously). Dynamic CALLs to ENTRY points, even once ALIASed, will not do what you probably expect. If you expect to have "previous state" when another entry-point was used - you won't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
