Specify the form of the structure
Structure declarations can be generated by the macro in one of two forms, controlled by the DSECT parameter:
- DSECT=YES
- An assembler DSECT instruction is used to start a new data section; the structure definition immediately follows the DSECT statement. The label on the macro invocation is used as the name of the data section; if no label is specified, the name of the structure is used.
- DSECT=NO
- Assembler DC instructions are used to define the structure at the current position in the routine. The fields are initialized with values, which can be specified by coding the relevant parameters on the macro invocation. Fields for which no values are specified on the macro invocation are initialized with default values.
The value specified must be uppercase. If the DSECT parameter is not specified, DSECT=NO is assumed. Parent topic: Structures