Hello: The manual “MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide” Chapter 8. “Providing recovery” explains that an ESTAE that is called with the ‘SDWACLUP’ bit on can only ‘percolate’ (SETRP RC=0). It further explains that if you do attempt a ‘retry’ (SETRP RC=4) , the retry will be ignored.
I was testing with an ESTAE that gets control with the SDWACLUP’ bit on, and the routine does attempt a retry (SETRP RC=4) but it indeed was ignored, with no other apparent adverse impact. So my question is this: aside from ‘completeness/code purity’, is there anything to worry about if an ESTAE attempts a ‘retry’ even though the ‘SDWACLUP’ bit is on? I can envision that the recovery routine itself may have different logic based on whether the ‘SDWACLUP’ bit is on or off. I did change my specific ESTAE to exit SETRP RC=0 when the ‘SDWACLUP’ bit is on. Thank you for any insight you can provide. Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
