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EPLIST
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EPLIST DSECT
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EPLIST Prolog
Name : EPLIST Description: Extended Parameter List DSECT DSECT : EPLIST Function : EPLIST maps the extended parameter list passed between modules. EPLIST is found in the EPLIST macro.
EPLIST Control Block Content
EPLIST DSECT
Hex Dec Type/Val Lng Label (dup) Comments ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- -------- 0000 0 Structure EPLIST Extended Parameter List DSECT 0000 0 Address 4 EPLCMD ADDRESS OF COMMAND TOKEN. 0004 4 Address 4 EPLARGBG ADDR OF BEGINNING OF ARGUMENTS. 0008 8 Address 4 EPLARGND ADDR OF END OF ARGUMENTS. 000C 12 Address 4 EPLUWORD USER WORD 00000010 EPL4LNBY *-EPLIST 4 WORD HEADER LENGTH IN BYTES 00000002 EPL4LNDW (*-EPLIST+7)/8 4 WORD HEADER LENGTH IN DWORDS 0010 16 Address 4 EPARGLST ADDRESS OF FUNCTION ARGUMENT LIST. 0014 20 Address 4 EPFUNRET ADDRESS FOR RETURN OF FUNCTION DATA. 00000018 EPL6LNBY *-EPLIST 6 WORD HEADER LENGTH IN BYTES 00000003 EPL6LNDW (*-EPLIST+7)/8 6 WORD HEADER LENGTH IN DWORDS 0018 24 Address 4 * (2) PADDING (FOR USE WITH SCAN MACRO) 0020 32 Character 8 EPLSCANT (0) BEGINNING OF TOKENIZED PLIST BUILT BY SCAN MACRO. 0000000C EPLRSRVD EPLUWORD,4,C'A' (OLD NAME, FOR COMPATIBILITY) THE EXTENDED PLIST FLAGS INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF AN EXTENDED PLIST IN REGISTER 0. THE HIGH ORDER BYTE OF REGISTER 1 WILL CONTAIN EITHER EPLCMDFL OR EPLFNCFL TO INDICATE THE EXTENDED PLIST IS AVAILABLE. ONLY THE FIRST 4 WORDS OF THE EXTENDED PLIST ARE AVAILABLE WITH THESE CODES. IF THE HIGH ORDER BYTE OF REGISTER 1 CONTAINS EPFUNSUB, THEN THE INVOCATION IS AN EXTERNAL FUNCTION/SUBROUTINE CALL FROM REX. WITH THIS PLIST, ALL 6 WORDS OF THE PLIST ARE AVAILABLE. WORD 5 POINTS TO A LIST OF DOUBLE WORD ADLENS (ADDRESS-LENGTH PAIRS) WHICH DESCRIBE THE ARGUMENTS TO THE ROUTINE (EPARGLST). WORD 6 (EPFUNRET) IS THE LOCATION FOR THE CALLED ROUTINE TO STORE THE ADDRESS OF AN EVALBLOK TO RETURN DATA TO THE CALLING PROGRAM. .... 1.11 EPLCMDFL X'0B' EXTENDED PLIST AVAILABLE FLAG. .... ...1 EPLFNCFL X'01' EXTENDED PLIST AVAILABLE FLAG. .... .1.1 EPFUNSUB X'05' EXTERNAL FUNCTION PLIST AVAILABLE FLAG DEFINITIONS. EXCEPT AS NOTED, ONLY THE FIRST FOUR WORDS OF THE EXTENDED PLIST ARE AVAILABLE. EPLIST FLAG VALUE AVAIL? MEANING .... .... EPLFPROG X'00' N PROGRAM .... ...1 EPLFCMND X'01' Y ADDRESS COMMAND .... ..1. EPLFSBCM X'02' Y SUBCOM .... ..11 EPLFNNUE X'03' Y NO NUCEXT, EXTENDED .... .1.. EPLFNNUT X'04' N NO NUCEXT, TOKENIZED .... .1.1 EPLFRXFN X'05' Y REXX EXTERNAL FUNCTION, 6 WORD EXTENDED PLIST PRESENT .... .11. EPLFIMMD X'06' Y IMMEDIATE COMMAND .... 1.11 EPLFSRCH X'0B' Y COMMAND SEARCH ...1 .... EPLFEXEC X'10' N INVOKED BY BPX1EXC 1111 111. EPLFENDC X'FE' N END OF COMMAND 1111 1111 EPLFABEN X'FF' N ABEND OR NUCXDROP
EPLIST Storage Layout
*** EPLIST - Extended Parameter List DSECT * * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 0 | EPLCMD | EPLARGBG | * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 8 | EPLARGND | EPLUWORD | * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 10 | EPARGLST | EPFUNRET | * +---------------------------+---------------------------+ * 18 |///////////////////////////////////////////////////////| * +-------------------------------------------------------+ * *** EPLIST - Extended Parameter List DSECT
EPLIST Cross Reference
Symbol Dspl Value -------------- ---- ----- EPARGLST 0010 EPFUNRET 0014 EPFUNSUB 0020 05 EPLARGBG 0004 EPLARGND 0008 EPLCMD 0000 EPLCMDFL 0020 0B EPLFABEN 0020 FF EPLFCMND 0020 01 EPLFENDC 0020 FE EPLFEXEC 0020 10 EPLFIMMD 0020 06 EPLFNCFL 0020 01 EPLFNNUE 0020 03 EPLFNNUT 0020 04 EPLFPROG 0020 00 EPLFRXFN 0020 05 EPLFSBCM 0020 02 EPLFSRCH 0020 0B EPLRSRVD 0020 0000000C EPLSCANT 0020 EPLUWORD 000C EPL4LNBY 000C 00000010 EPL4LNDW 000C 00000002 EPL6LNBY 0014 00000018 EPL6LNDW 0014 00000003
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