z/OS Debugger evaluation of PL/I expressions

When the current programming language is PL/I, expression interpretation is similar to that defined in the PL/I language, except for the PL/I language elements not supported in z/OS® Debugger.

The z/OS Debugger expression is similar to the PL/I expression. If the source of the command is a variable-length record source (such as your terminal) and if the expression extends across more than one line, a continuation character (an SBCS hyphen) must be specified at the end of all but the last line.

z/OS Debugger cannot evaluate PL/I expressions until you step past the ENTRY location of the PL/I program.

All PL/I constant types are supported, plus the z/OS Debugger PX constant.

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