Re: Max CL program size for debug?

Hello Mark,

You wrote:
>The limit on the size of a *CHAR variable has always been 5000
>bytes, as far back as I can remember, at least V2R3... it is just that
>debug won't display all of it...

The limit has never been 5000 bytes.

The maximum size of a character CL Variable on the S/38** and early AS/400
was 2000 bytes.  That was expanded to 3000 at VRM130 and then to 9999
bytes at VRM211 where it has remained (however the initial value is still
restricted to 3000 bytes).  The 9999 byte limit was probably based on the
limit of the maximum field size/record length in OPM RPG.  Note that
variables larger than 9999 can be passed 'through' CL to programs in other
languages that can handle larger values (e.g., PGM A declares 32K var,
passes to CL, which simply passes it on to PGM C)

>Of course, I personally think 5000 is another "dumb" arbitrary
>restriction... I should be able to declare a single character variable
>of at least 32,767 bytes, maybe even 16 meg., if I want to... :-)

That's what a user space is for :-)

**I have some vague recollection that way back in the dim, dark, dusty,
days of the S/38 there was a limit of something small like 256 bytes
however it was 2000 bytes by CPF 8.0

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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