Guys,

Yeah I found it it happens to be another Well known ISV’s exit. But I have
a question in regard to when this exit is called it’s like IRREVX01 , so I
assume (I know ) that the WTO should be re-entrant. We are basically using
it for diagnostics if needed. Is my assumption correct on the WTO ?

Scott


On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 3:59 PM Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:30:30 -0500, Peter Relson wrote:
>
> ><snip>
> >Yes it's documented and legit, but it's a change in behaviour over the
> >last few z/OS releases. In IIRC z/OS 1.x, WTO did not clobber AR15,
> >and STORAGE OBTAIN did not change the high half of R1.
> ></snip>
> >
> >You have no way of knowing if that is true or not. All that you could
> >possibly say is that you did not encounter such a case. The environment
> >that could cause such a case might even not have been under your control
> >and might be uncommon. ...
> >
> I.e. the user, or even an ISV, was depending on undocumented behavior's
> remaining unchanged.
>
> >The statement is not correct about STORAGE OBTAIN. The high half of R1
> has
> >been changed on STORAGE OBTAIN ever since high halves existed. ...
> >
> Does code written at a time before "high halves existed", or perhaps even
> before ARs existed, and depending only on OS behavior documented at
> such a time, continue to operate correctly?  If so, a user has no ground
> for a complaint.  If it fails now, IBM should graciously apologize and move
> on.  The pertinent aphorism is, "You can't make an omelet without breaking
> eggs."
>
> -- gil
>
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