On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:57:06 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:
> ...
>Would it kill IBM to have some meaningful examples in the JCL reference?
>
The JCL Ref. contains a section:
    Using symbols in started task JCL
        Example: using JCL symbols

Prepare to be disappointed.  I see no meaningful example.  Only a couple
forlorn snippets.
> ...
>Try this:
>//procname PROC PARM1=value,PARM2=value
>//   EXPORT SYMLIST=*
>//   SET PARM1=&PARM1
>//   SET PARM2=&PARM2

Doesn't this run afoul of a rule elsewhere in the Ref. that symbols
are not to be defined in terms of other symbols.  I've tried it; it
works, even on both sides of the "=".  But I must recognize that if
I do so and my program breaks I get to keep both pieces.

-- gil

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