What is your objection to GOFF and XOBJECT?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [[email protected]] on behalf of Mike Shaw [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ASMA500 message question CATTR use requires GOFF object format, which I don't want to use. Mike On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > You need a CATTR with the proper alignment. > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on > behalf of Mike Shaw <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ASMA500 message question > > Everyone, > > This code fragment: > > 00001C 4700 0000 00000 71 NOP 0 > 000020 0101 72 PR > 000022 73 DC 0LQ > *** ASMA500W Requested alignment exceeds section alignment * > 000022 74 QUAD@1 DC LQ'0' > > causes the *ASMA500W* message to be issued; it's description appears below: > > > > > > > > > > > > > * ASMA500W Requested alignment exceeds section alignment > > Explanation: The section alignment is lower than that requested on the > instruction and hence the actual alignment may not be honored. > > System Action: The requested alignment is ignored. > > Programmer Response: Change the requested alignment to be less than or > equal to that of the section, or ensure that the desired alignment is > achieved during program linking and loading. > * > * Severity: 4 * > > Does anyone know what the 'section' mentioned in the message is? Is it a > reference to the current control section (CSECT)? > > I don't get it...all I want to do is get quadword boundary alignment for > the QUAD@1 constant. > > Mike Shaw > MVS/QuickRef Support Group > Chicago-Soft, Ltd. >
