On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:54:48 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >Since you mentioned HLASM, did you also searched Assembler-L? > I have, but: o Since I didn't know the explation involved HLASM when I asked the question, it's far more likely that I''d have asked here than ASSEBLER-LIST o IBM's HLASM lead says that since 2003 he's seen no such discussion there.
>AFAIK, I believe there was a sort of discussion [ in a discussion list (but >which one? ] about double ampersands, but can't remember if that was indeed >for SYSIN and SYMBOLS. >>//SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=? >Where do you have a problem? at the SYMBOLS= statement or inside the SYSIN DD >*? > In the instream data, not in the DD statement. >>They are not collapsed to single ampersands as in other JCL contexts. >>the explanation given, perhaps by an IBM representative, was the intent to >>cause minimum disruption to HLASM SYSIN. > >How so? I am curious about that one. I'd have made the opposite design decision, but since "&&" is endemic in HLASM source, IBM elected to preserve them. My RCF went to JES2, where development is inclined to change the behavior. Thanks, gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
