> YA alternative is a Rexx wrapper which can provide a PARM of up to > 32KiBytes
Maybe, probably not. From the PG "The compiler recognizes only the first 100 characters in the list." In my experience wrestling with this very issue, some of the various compilers (I mean various compilers, not various versions of EC -- OS/VS COBOL 5740-CB1 comes to mind) do in fact recognize more than 100 bytes of parameters, and some do not. I don't remember which category EC fell into. In any event, it's no sure thing, going against the published docs. I agree with Gil's other point 100% -- better a general solution than a thousand particular solutions. We beat this issue to death a few months ago -- it became apparent that relaxing the limit could be done in a way that had few negative repercussions. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COBOL compiler options JCL PARM. Certainly a relaxation of the JCL limit is a better use of resources than each product's supplying its peculiar alternative. And, to my knowledge, none of the alternatives provides for symbol substitution which is so valuable in the JCL PARM. YA alternative is a Rexx wrapper which can provide a PARM of up to 32KiBytes, but no convenient symbol substitution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
