On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 07:17:49 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >>I'd be happier with dispensing with AVGREC entirely and being allowed to code: > SPACE=(1,(1M,1000K)) * SI (decimal) prefixes, please. > >Ohh, no. Please not another new syntax. The >Early-morning-after-heavy-New-Years-Eve-party design of AVGREC is stupid >enough. > If the new one were more intuitive, it could displace the old one, preserved only for legacy compaibility.
>The first subparameter of SPACE= specifies the *unit*: number of bytes (aka >block), tracks (TRK), or cylinders (CYL). I will never understand how IBM >could think AVGREC is the way to go. > Most plausible is that someone discovered an unused entry in the Converter's symbol table and repurposed it rather than inventing a new one. Any alternative makes even less sense. >Why not just add KB, MB, GB, TB, ... to TRK and CYL as space unit >specification? SPACE=(GB,(1,3)) gives you 1GB primary and 3GB secondary. >Simple to understand and remember. > Retain forms such as the equivalent SPACE=(1000000,(1000,3000)) for legacy compatibility and in case the finer granularity is needed. But any redesign should make AVGREC superfluous. What's the etymology of "AVGREC"? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
