Re: %DECPOS doesn't work with %DEC

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Paris wrote:
> This is a known problem Buck - with no short-term solution.  There's an APAR
> out on it.
>
> The work-round is to define named constants.  These _can_ use the %DecPos,
> %Len etc. as INZ values.
>
> Goodness knows why it doesn't work - but Barbara tells me it can't be fixed.
>
> I've had to change several charts because I mistakenly believed the manual!

Jon: All of us here have tried to fix this. And for all of us, this 
problem has defied solution. (I believe Barbara came the closest to 
a real fix.)

We're sure it can be fixed, but it would take a major effort. If we 
could justify a major rewrite of the expression handling, a fix for 
this problem would likely be a side benefit. IMO, that's not 
entirely an unrealistic expectation. The compiler code base is 
getting rather "mature", and so we may have to step back and do some 
restructuring work on the compiler code at some point.

Cheers! Hans