....
         L     11,16
         USING CVT,11                     ADDRESS CVT
         L     10,CVTASVT
         USING ASVT,10                   ADDRESS ASVT <------------X
         USING ASCB,7                    ADDRESS ASCB <------------Y
         L       9,ASVTMAXU             LOAD MAX NO. OF ASCB'S
         LA    8,ASVTENTY               LOAD ASCB IN USE MARKER
....

There are two consecutive USING stmts ( X & Y). What is the purpose of the
second using instrn(Y)? Why base reg is changed to from R10 to R7 in
consecutive
two lines? And why R7 is not loaded with ASCB addr? I was interpreting like
this:

1. Load CVT addr in R11
2. Use R11 as Base Reg and CVT as base addr
3. Load R10 with the contents of location CVTASVT
4. Use R10 as Base reg and ASVT as base addr
5. Use R7   as Base reg and ASCB as base addr
...

TIA.

Many programmers prefer to block their USING statements in one place,
rather than spread them out.

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1.  Load the constant value 16 into register 11.
2.  Tell the assembler to use register 11 as the base for any
   addresses relative to the start of the CVT.
3.  Load register 10 with the value found at the offset CVTASVT from
    register 11.  i.e.  L  10,CVTASVT-CVT(11).
4.  Tell the assembler to use register 10 as the base for any
    addresses relative to the start of the ASVT.
5.  Tell the assembler to use register 7 as the base for any
    addresses relative to the start of the ASCB.  (you are correct
    to be curious here, as no value has been loaded into register
    7, so "USING" it could cause problems).

In any event NO register has been assigned as the program base and,
given the code snippet you posted, none is required:  there are no
CSECT relative instructions here so the code is completely reentrant.

Thanks to all of you for your responses.

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