Re: 16 Mb limit - possibly expanded in future?

The place where this gets to be big problem is the output of API's. Many of
IBM API's output to user spaces. If the output is greater than 16mb things
blow up with really weird messages. I have had to fight that one before.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Mark S. Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx> wrote:

A user space is a permanent object that exists in single-level storage
(unless you happen to create it in QTEMP, or delete it after use in your
program). If you need temporary space > 16 MB, use teraspace
(available since 1999).

You could also easily create multiple 16 MB user spaces, and use them
together to create a "composite" object whose total size is > 16 MB.

How often does anyone really need a contiguous permanent object in
single-level storage that is greater than 16 MB?

> Dennis Lovelady wrote:

All true, but does not address the User Space comments. It seems silly

that

since such changes as long ago as the turn of the century, User Space
objects still suffer from such limitations. Your workaround solutions

were

good for ten years ago; is that reason enough to not improve other

methods?

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