I like Peters' suggestion a lot

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Peter Hunkeler
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: EXTERNAL: AW: Re: RFE to add new sizes to AVGREC and IDCAMS Define

>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.


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.


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.


--
Peter Hunkeler



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