On 4/7/25 08:25, Jonathan Scott wrote:
Peter, please change the thread subject when asking a different question. I've done so now. And although I'm often around now (being retired) any new question should be addressed to the list! .
And here I respond to only one question, not two. Should I have changed the Subject: accordingly?
2. The name operand on an END instruction specifies the default entry point for the module. From what I remember, an undefined name (provided it is not part of an expression) is assumed for historical reasons to be an external name to be resolved at link-edit time. If it is not found at link-edit time, that is therefore considered an error. .
IIRC, the value on an END instruction needn't be a "name". Merely an address expression suffices. I did so o once, to the irritation of a co-worker who re-linked one of my load modules to optimize blocking. Linkage Editor lost that address. I believe Binder has an option to do better.
I shouldn't RTFM and employ features just because I find them there. -- gil
