What is your objection to GOFF and XOBJECT?

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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

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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.
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> 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
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> Everyone,
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> This code fragment:
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> 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'
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> causes the *ASMA500W* message to be issued; it's description appears below:
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> * ASMA500W Requested alignment exceeds section alignment
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>   Explanation:  The section alignment is lower than that requested on the
>  instruction and hence the actual alignment may not be honored.
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>   System Action:  The requested alignment is ignored.
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>   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                  *
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> Does anyone know what the 'section' mentioned in the message is? Is it a
> reference to the current control section (CSECT)?
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> I don't get it...all I want to do is get quadword boundary alignment for
> the QUAD@1 constant.
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> Mike Shaw
> MVS/QuickRef Support Group
> Chicago-Soft, Ltd.
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