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

Generate EQU record in ADATA

I am updating a program that generates record mappings from ADATA to handle EQU. The data that I need are split between SOURCE and SYM records. I would like an EQU record similar to the DCDS record, providing information missing from the source re...
9 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler Not under consideration

Document order of ADATA

I'm writing a program that creates record mappings from ADATA. It needs to collate data from multiple record types. It currently depends on the order ESD, SOURCE, DCDS, SYM, but that order is not documented. I would like for IBM to document the se...
9 days ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler Under review

Document the BXH/BXLE/JXH/JXLE trick

An article in either the systems journal or the journal of RF&D described using BXH and BXLE to test 30 bits in succession. This trick is still valid and extends to 62 consecutive tests in AMODE64. It would be useful to have it in either the e...
3 months ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other Not under consideration

Enhance the ITERATE macro to include a condition.

If the ITERATE macro supported conditions, every assembler program that uses ITERATE within a DO construct will be smaller and more efficient.
3 months ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit Planned for future release

Enhance SuperC (ISRSUPC) to Add Option to Suppress Report Headers

Using SuperC in Batch (ISRSUPC) the ability to suppress the report headers would be helpful for applications that only need the report data.
over 1 year ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit Not under consideration

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...
over 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 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 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 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...
about 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit Not under consideration

Allow wildcards in SuperC batch member selection

Using SuperC Search-For from the ISPF panels allows members to be selected using '*' and '%' wildcards, i.e. like '*SP3%' as a membername. It would be very useful if the same format could be used in SELECT statements in the JCL SYSIN dataset
about 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other Future 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 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other Not under consideration

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