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What is a condition in Language Environment? z/OS Language Environment Programming Guide for 64-bit Virtual Addressing Mode SA38-0689-00 |
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Language Environment defines a condition as any event that can require the attention of a running application or the HLL routine supporting the application. A condition is also known as an exception, interrupt, or signal. Language Environment makes it possible to respond to events that in the past might have caused a routine to abend, including hardware-detected errors or operating system-detected errors. All of the following can generate a condition in Language Environment:
Under Language Environment, an exception is the original event, such as a hardware signal, software-detected event, or user-signaled event, that is a potential condition. Through the enablement step (described briefly in Steps in condition handling and in detail in Language Environment and HLL condition handling interactions), Language Environment might deem an exception to be a condition, at which point it can be handled by Language Environment, user-written exception handlers, if they are present, or HLL condition handling semantics. |
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