RE: Meaningful Procedure names

O.K. Hans, you basically let the cat out of the bag.  'Fess up!

Why in the world are RPG-IV field name lengths capped at 4096?

Lessee,

The_time_the_record_was_last_changed_by_someone_other_than_the_user_who_crea
ted_the_record (90)

Supercalifragilisticaspialadocious (34)

Now_is_the_time_for_all_good_men_to_come_to_the_aid_of_their_country (68)

I_just_had_to_try_an_extra_long_field_name_to_expand_my_horizons_and_just_to
_see_if_it_would_work_without_regard_to_the_fact_that_it_will_drive_the_next
_person_that_has_to_maintain_this_piece_of_@#$@_absolutely_insane_and_curse_
my_very_existence (245)

Nope, just can't see it.  Except maybe the last one.  (I'm just that kind of
guy ;-) )

What requirements?  C'mon, no deferring!  What "other (ahem) issues"?

I caught the piece yesterday where you use '...' to specify a name longer
than what fits in the normal d-spec space.  How do you code a long name on a
CX-spec?

- Dan Bale

-----Original Message-----
From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:47 AM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Meaningful Procedure names

< snip >

The 4096 char limit on the size of long names is a bit
of a joke since it was driven by a requirement that we
knew at the time was a bit flakey.  (I'll defer from
discussing other (ahem) issues regarding the function.)

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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