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Hello,

this is an old feature in ASSEMBLER macro language, since ASSEMBLER XF.
I teached some classes on ASSEMBLER macro language in the late 80's,
and it was already this way. I don't know the reason.

Regards

Bernd


Am Mit, 13 Nov 2002 schrieben Sie:
> I knew that successive minus signs were allowed; each is treated as a
> unary minus. But accepting successive plus signs is new to me; maybe
> HLASM also treats them as successive unary signs. (In fact, successive
> strings of + and - signs are accepted also!)
>
> We'll have to take a look at it.
> J.E.
>     (------------------ Referenced Note Follows --------------------)
> > Date:         Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:14:50 -0500
> > From: unknown
>
> > Is there a good reason for allowing duplicate operators in expression
> > instead of issuing error message to indicate possible missing value?