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Support JXH and JXLE for exit t the beginning of a loop

Support JXH and JXLE for, e.g., ASMEXIT, DO WHILE, DOEXIT, IF, for testing loop termination at the beginning.
1 day ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Under review

Some SuperC options should cater for longer lines

A number of SuperC compare options are currently rejected for datasets with an LRECL > 256: ISRS013W CERTAIN "DO NOT PROCESS" OPTIONS ARE REJECTED DUE TO LI NE LENGTHS > 256. OPTIONS RESERVED FOR PROGRAM SOURCE DATA. ISRS016W MOVE LINE DETEC...
almost 4 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Structured Programming Macros: support parenthetical grouping of logical conditions via parentheses

Support for parenthetical grouping of logical conditions is currently only possible by using the ANDIF and ORIF operators. This is because the Structured Programming Macros do not support the use of parentheses to specify logical hierarchy of cond...
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

New version of HLASM Toolkit feature SPM macros

Hi, This RFE consists of a new version of the HLASM Toolkit Feature Structured Programming Macros. The materials include: - structured programming macro source- test example source- suggested replacement for ch 2 of "HLASM Toolkit Feature User's G...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 7 Not under consideration

Identify SIIS issue before moving to z13 / z14

It is known that Assembler code using "Store into Instruction Stream" (SIIS) does not perform as well starting on z13 hardware due to a change in cache structure. It would be beneficial to have an option in the HLASM Toolkit to identify code which...
over 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

HLASM toolkit needs to support line-mode programs which use PUTGET and TGET macros

The HLASM Toolkit needs to support line-mode programs such as those which use the PUTGET and TGET macros/services. When such programs are tested using the Toolkit, the macros return invalid command buffer data. The Toolkit tests the programs as 32...
about 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Identify concatenation number in SRCHFOR of sequential DSNs

When a SuperC SRCHFOR operation is performed on a concatenation of PDSes, the listing will identify a concatenation number for the data set containing the member where the string was found. But when the concatenation is of sequential data sets, th...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

Provide SPM ITERATE-like analogue with conditions, similar to LEAVE/DOEXIT

An analogous macro to ITERATE with conditions, similar to DOEXIT & ASMLEAVE, would be very helpful to write more understandable code and take advantage of internal z Systems pipelining, instruction prefetch, and branch prediction. (Note: I hav...
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

ASMLANGX needs better support for LOUD WTO message redirection

There is a need to be able to capture an redirect the WTO output that is issued in response to the use of the LOUD parameter during ASMLANGX execution. The use of the _BPXK_JOBLOG environmental variable does not work in this case since redirection...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

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