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IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM

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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...
about 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

True length of DSECT

There should be a method (perhaps a new parameter) that would cause the "length" attribute of a DSECT to return the actual size of the dummy section, rather than simply returning a value of 1.
about 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

Allow fields >= 64k

The assembler currently only supports the definition of fields less than 64k bytes in length. The assembler should be revised to support the definition of fields greater than or equal to 64k bytes in length.
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

Option to check instruction-to-field mismatches

Looking for an option which when specified would have HLASM report instances where the instruction mismatched the data that it would operate on. Like "check that I am using instructions that match the data length of the field".
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

ISRSUPC Support Of Datasets Created With Large Block Interface

Request for ISRSUPC (batch program for SUPERC compare) to support datasets created with Large Block Interface.
almost 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 4 Not under consideration

Additional SuperC returncode for changed data compare

Batch invocation of SuperC (ISRSUPC) currently gives two "normal" completion return codes, 0 for "No differences" and "1" for "Differences found". A third "normal" completion return code of 2 would be advantageous for those cases where there are n...
almost 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 4 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...
almost 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

Flag SS instructions with a (probable) incorrect use of implied operand length

Please consider the following two MVC instructions, both of which use the implied length of the first operand: MVC FULL1,FULL2 perfectly reasonable MVC FULL1+2,HALF explicit length of 2 is obviously missing…FULL1 DS FFULL2 DS FHALF DS H* LTORG The...
about 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

SuperC(option 3.12) High CPU usage

We have a user reporting his observations of very high CPU consumption and running long for PGM=ISRSUPC when any kind of DPLINE control card is involved during comparing of two files. The user says ISRUPC used to be a whole lot faster and consume ...
about 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 5 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...
about 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 7 Not under consideration