On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:44:39 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:29:55 +0000, Bill Wilkie wrote: >> >>Perhaps a new parameter like NEWPARM=" " that way they could add >>support for a larger list without affecting old code. When you need it, >>just code the new name in the JCL and check the program. > >*If* this were to be implemented, would you expect that the program would >be passed two parameters, a short one and a long one? > No! For compatibility, it should be exactly the venerable format produced by the CALL macro, etc. I'd have no problem with a different keyword for longer PARMs, provided that keyword also tolerated shorter PARMs. And I'd have little problem with a PARMLIB option to be used by by phobic or atavistic systems programmers to prohibit use of that keyword or set a ceiling on PARM size; we're a lab shop; our sysprogs are accommodating.
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