I totally agree, that was also my “take” on doing I/O from a system exit. I realize there would be performance issues also, but I was asked the question by my management. Since I am the responsible party, I do the research,design, etc. I won’t write risky of iffy code, to me that’s not real responsible.
Scott On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 7:59 AM Peter Relson <rel...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Whether or not you are in an environment that would allow you to issue > I/O, you should also consider whether it is appropriate to do so. > Doing I/O from a system exit can cause system performance problems. It is > the responsibility of system exits to be "well behaved".' > > It is wrong to assume that lack of documentation means "it is OK". Quite > the reverse. Lack of documentation means that you should not assume "it is > OK" -- but you could/should ask that the documentation be clarified to be > explicit. > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
