Because no one ever asked for it? In the scenario I described, using IEANT* would work no matter where the control block was allocated. If you have another use-case, you can submit an RFE.
In article <7ef29fbf-086a-4108-bfd4-bda2903ac...@gmail.com> you wrote: > Wonder why this functionality is not available above the bar > > On Mar 13, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM > > <kees.verno...@klm.com> wrote: > > > > That makes sense, if you describe it differently: > > We have a similar thing, we have a controlblock pointed from CVTUSER. If > > the pointer is not filled, the controlblock does not exist, so we getmain > > it and put its pointer in CVTUSER. > > > > So then: "if the storage is not there" actually means: "if the pointer to > > the storage is not filled in". > > > > Kees. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > >> Behalf Of Don Poitras > >> Sent: 13 March, 2019 16:16 > >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >> Subject: Re: IARST64 in addrr > >> > >>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:29:56 -0400, Don Poitras wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:00:14 -0400, Joseph Reichman wrote: > >> User-Agent: tin/2.4.2-20171224 ("Lochhead") (UNIX) (NetBSD/7.1.2 > >> (amd64)) > >> > >> Again, I'm just guessing. If the storage isn't there and I obtain it, > >> then I'm the first caller and I create the control block that subsequent > >> callers will find. -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN