Dan Little wrote, in part:

>   - t - is an alphabetic character used to indicate type of function.

>   Avoid the IBM valuse of A,B,C,D,E,F,H and J.
(and for the nitpicky among us, "valuse" is a direct quote from the book)

I should have started with that book, thanks. But of course it raises more 
questions:
"type of function" meaning what? 4.1 lists "Types of SYSMODs": function, PTF, 
APAR, USERMOD. I'm 99.44% sure this is what that means?

Tony Harminc wrote:

>I've understood this to be the One True Way also. But a number of

>statements in the SMP/E Packaging Rules are more recommendations than

>requirements, so  who really knows. To what extent IBM even even

>tracks, let alone enforces, the xxx part is also doubtful. Obviously

>the big thing you don't want is to find that you clash with IBM or

>another ISV. In passing, do you use the reserved xxx for message and

>module prefixes?


Yes.



>We started with "R" for our first letter, because it was the next

>letter after the reserved-for-IBM-i "Q", and our company name started

>with "B", so was in the IBM-owned range, and then we went to "P" for

>another product. Using "V" seems sensible for your company, certainly.

OK, that explains it. Thanks!

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