DSN Length 44? It is the Key Length on the VTOC and Catalogs, for starters. So you would have to have a separate set of volumes for z/OS 3.0 with backward only compatibility. And you have to change all the editing in all the programs, ISPF screens, etc. Since the JES2 OUTPUT statement has a bunch of 60 byte field, that would be my suggestion.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 1:42 PM Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:07:35 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: > > ><g> > > > >Charles > > > It's more likely that there be a need to correct a typo, or worse > an inconsistency, in scattered coded values of π. > > Put it in a header file. > > Somewhere, IBM supplies a macro that equates a symbol to 44 > for the length of a data set name. That equated symbol is > rarely used. Could it be changed in thee future? > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Mark Jacobs > >Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:49 AM > > > >The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to > >constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every > >appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA > >statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This > >also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. > > ― FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
