Michel Castelein wrote:
> A DC or DS instruction with a zero duplication factor forces boundary
> alignment, even when the NOALIGN assembler option is in effect.
>
> At the other hand, IMHO, the assembler always aligns machine
instructions on
> a halfword boundary.
>
> So, I'm wondering why the expansion of the SAVE macro begins with a DS
0H.
>
> That's redundant, isn't it?
>
> Or are there some historical reasons? If yes, which ones?
I would guess, not looking at the macro, that it is used for
any label on the SAVE. If there isn't a label then it may generate
the DS without a label.
The MVT MACLIB is still around.
-- glen
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