Well, at least up to 10 culpa!

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Binyamin Dissen
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2024 12:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: z/OS message code length

Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:30:43 -0500 Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote:

:>On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 at 12:42, Binyamin Dissen < 
:>[email protected]> wrote:
:>
:>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:14:09 +0200 ITschak Mugzach :>> 
<[email protected]> wrote:
:>>
:>> :>I saw message codes having length of 7 (IEE*), 8 (most of the messages) 
:>> and :>> :>even 10 (CWWKB*). What is the maximum message code length (if 
any)?
:>>
:>> IIRC, unauthorized programs are limited to 10 lines, while authorized :>> 
programs :>> theoretically are unlimited.
:>>
:>
:>What does the length of the message ID have to do with the number of lines 
:>in a multi-line WTO?
:>
:>As others have said, I don't think the message ID is anything formal - it's 
:>just part of the text. For decades z/OS and its predesessors used aaannns 
:>format, ISVs often used others, and more recently IBM has started to use 
:>longer ones, but I can't think there is anything that enforces any of this.

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Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com

Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel

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