EXPAND=NO will keep the cell pool limited to 1MB (approx. size as it is 
possible that any related housekeeping control blocks will eat into the total 
"data" available)

EXPAND=YES will allow IARCP64 to chain multiple 1MB memory objects together to 
increase the logical cell pool size beyond 1Mb

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Charles Mills
Sent: 15 September 2014 13:41
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Dumb IARCP64 question

Follow-up question: what the heck, then, does EXPAND=NO signify? "Make it any 
size you like, but for gosh sakes don't make it any bigger than that"?

The documentation reads like transistor radio instructions from the fifties:

,EXPAND=NO
    This parameter does not try expanding.

The documentation is REALLY deficient IMHO:
1. Apparently nada in the Services Guide. No overview. No usage. The example in 
the reference is just a rehash of the parameters.
2. Documentation appears to be 100% duplicated between Services and Authorized 
Services. If there is a reason for it being in both places the reason escapes 
me. I don't see any "special" parameters documented only in Authorized Services.
3. If the size works as Dave suggests -- and I have no reason to doubt him
-- that rather counterintuitive point would be worth mentioning in the doc.

Charles
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Dave Day
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Dumb IARCP64 question

There aren't any.  I asked the same question some time back, and was told that 
this is 64 bit stg.  No need for these types of parameters.

My gut tells me it gets stg to back the cell pool in 1 meg increments, but have 
not done anything to verify that.

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