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_1_ I for one very much LIKE knowing how the compiler internals work,
especially in the case of this definition. Especially since we will be
dealing with cross-language issues.
_2_Allowing an implicit higher maximum length for VARYING would break
some existing code! At least theoretically.
Like where ___%addr( VaryingField ) + 2___, for example, is used in
reference to a received parameter in a called subprocedure in an
"obscure" service program. It's something that sophisticated programming
shops would have to check for if they ratchet up their max to 100,000
for a VaryingField.
That's the way I might even pass the thing to a second subprocedure to a
C-type variable that does something, like use a C-function. And I'd
rather have a syntax issue raised by the compiler than the one suggested
by Joe. IMO.
--Alan
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