Would the XML parser create and read the necessary structure? If not, I think it could be modified for the different syntax needed.
On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 9:13 PM Clark Morris <cfmt...@uniserve.com> wrote: > > [Default] On 28 May 2019 09:51:13 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote: > > >The Sun is hot. ADDRESS LINKMVS is not relevant to the REXX support in SDSF, > >which does something that ADDRESS LINKMVS does not address. Until such time > >as COBOL supports associative arrays that a subroutine can update, those > >facilities will not be available from COBOL. > > I assume you mean that a COBOL has to be able to CALL 'X' with a USING > or RETURNING phrase that has the right pointers to a associative array > and that COBOL has to be able to set up that array for either the > USING phrase of the call or the RETURNING phrase of the CALL. After > having read the wiki definition I am confused enough that I would need > to see an Assembler description of an associative array to determine > whether either the IBM Enterprise COBOL 6.2 or the 2014 Standard COBOL > with data types not in IBM COBOL would allow to me to describe the > associative array with complete accuracy. The 2002 and 2014 Standards > for COBOL have all of the data types necessary to completely describe > SMF records such as USAGE BIT and USAGE BINARY-CHARACTER. (IF USAGE > BIT seems esoteric, I had to deal with bit switches on my company's > customer, product and open account files.) > > Getting back to the original issue, can a COBOL CALL statement for > dynamic CALL invoke SDSF and can it pass the needed data areas and > accept them? I think that even IBM COBOL is more powerful than most > people realize and the newer standards (2002 and 2014) are leaps > forward in capability (like being able to handle the various types of > decimal rounding only 40 years after the need arose or bit switches > 30+ years after at least some shops started using them in > applications. > > Clark Morris > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
