Re: bug in CMPPTRT

[Dave McKenzie <davemck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> so BADNAME!! actually exists. Is a *PGM (type/subtype 0201)

Well, in a sense :-)  The address 16C5BF5032000000 is the address of the MI pgm
itself (the one this MI code is in).  If you dump the MI pgm with SST, you'll 
see
that the address 16C5BF5032001550 is in the "External object list table".  What
"exists" is a byte string in the MI pgm, not a pgm object named "BADNAME!!".

--Dave

Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> From: <Gene_Gaunt/ReviewWorks@reviewworks.com>
>
> > Seems CMPPTRT returns a "not equal" condition when it compares a null value
> > to an unresolved system pointer containing an invalid initial value.  Why?
> > Shouldn't this situation return an "equal" condition?  In the following
> > little program at the breakpoint, FLAG1 has value "0" while FLAG2 has value
> > "1".   Shouldn't FLAG1 have value "1" too, since pointer P and pointer Q
> > are both null and both will fail in a CALLX operand 1?
> >
> > DCL SYSPTR P AUTO INIT("BADNAME!!");
> > DCL SYSPTR Q AUTO;
> > DCL DD FLAG1 AUTO CHAR(1);
> > DCL DD FLAG2 AUTO CHAR(1);
> >
> > CMPPTRT(I) P, * / EQ(FLAG1);   /* becomes "0" */
> > CMPPTRT(I) Q, * / EQ(FLAG2);   /* becomes "1" */
> > BRK "LOOK";
>
> Gene if you look at the pointers you'll see they are (on my system,
> addresses will be different on yours):
>
> 200000000000000016C5BF5032001550  ; P
> 00000000000000000000000000000000   ; Q
>
> so P actually has a value. If you go to the address you'll see:
>
>  Address 16C5BF5032 001550
>  001550  00504080 00000000  001E0000 00000001    ·& Ø············
>  001560  0201C2C1 C4D5C1D4  C55A5A40 40404040    ··BADNAME!!
>  001570  40404040 40404040  40404040 40404040
>
> so BADNAME!! actually exists. Is a *PGM (type/subtype 0201)
> so no wonder you get the result you got.

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