Comparison of assembler listing

Element DOS/VSE Assembler Assembler H Version 2 High Level Assembler
Mixed case listing headings No No Headings can be in mixed case English or uppercase English. See LANGUAGE assembler option.
National Language Support No No Diagnostic messages in English, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
Option summary At end of listing in Diagnostic and Statistics section. At end of listing in Diagnostic and Statistics section. At start of listing.
External symbol dictionary Yes Yes Yes
Dummy section dictionary Yes No See DSECT Cross Reference
Source and object program Yes Yes Yes
  • Page-break handling
Limited logic Limited logic Improved page-break handling in conjunction with the CEJECT, EJECT, SPACE, and TITLE assembler instructions, to prevent unnecessary blank pages.
  • Optional 133-character wide format with extended addresses
No No Yes. Required for GOFF/XOBJECT.
  • Control section headings
No No Show current control section type in fixed heading line for COM section, CSECT, DSECT, and RSECT.
  • Heading date includes century
No No Yes
  • Active USING Summary
No No Yes
  • PRINT instruction with MCALL option
No No Yes
  • PRINT instruction with MSOURCE option
No No Yes
  • PRINT instruction with NOGEN option shows object code for first instruction generated, or the first 8 bytes of data generated, in the object code column.
No No Yes
  • PRINT, PUSH and POP instructions with NOPRINT option
No No Yes
  • AREAD instruction with NOPRINT option
No No Yes
Relocation dictionary Yes Yes Yes
Ordinary symbol and literal cross reference Yes Yes Yes
  • Cross reference includes modification and branch flags, USING and DROP flags, EXecute instruction flag, and relocatability-type column.
No No Yes
Unreferenced symbols defined in CSECTs No No Yes
Macro and copy code source summary No No Yes
Macro and copy code cross reference No No Yes
DSECT cross reference No No Yes
USING map No No Yes
General purpose register cross reference No No Yes
Diagnostic cross reference and assembler summary Diagnostic and Statistics section including error diagnostic messages Yes Yes
  • Flagged statements with input data set information
No No Yes, if FLAG(RECORD) assembler option specified
  • Print line with current PTF level of assembler
No No Yes
  • Print line showing operating system, jobname, stepname and procedure stepname of assembly job
No No Yes
  • Print lines showing file names (data set names), member and volume serial numbers of each of the input and output data sets
No No Yes
  • Print lines showing statistics for external functions and external function calls
No No Yes
  • Print lines showing statistics for I/O exits
No No Yes
  • Print lines showing suppressed message summary
No No Yes
  • Print line showing the amount of storage in the buffer pool
No No Yes
  • Record counts show the number of file reads and writes
No No Yes
  • Print line showing the return code of the assembly
No No Yes
  • Print lines showing assembly start and stop time, and processor time
No No Yes
Terminal output No Yes Yes
  • Multiple consecutive spaces compressed to a single space
No No Yes, when TERM(NARROW) specified.
  • One-line summary
No No Yes

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