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There was a limit on the # of members you could save at one time with
SAVLIB. I have hit it at multiple shops. I may not remember the #
correctly, (ie 8000) but I do know it existed at one time.
That limit was just under 32K. Still is, as far as I know. But I don't
believe that's where this technique started.
(Let me drop here and say that I think we're talking about the multitude of
source file names. If not, then please advise me and I'll back out.)
I believe the standard comes from IBM. IBM ships (or used to) IVP objects
for each language. The old RPG stuff is in QRPGSRC; the new RPG stuff is in
QRPGLESRC; S/38 COBOL in QCBLSRC; OPM COBOL in QLBLSRC, et cetera ad
infinitum. It is a standard that has been adopted much, much more often
than not. Also, it is the default file name on CRT* commands and, as I
mentioned, /COPY or /INCLUDE (or appropriate language inclusion statement)
will default to that file. So it seems that IBM, if they don't come out and
say it in some documentation, at least imply that this is "the right way."
What I find amazing about this is that of the .5% or so of the shops that
have digressed from that standard, about 90% will name their non-standard
source files with a name starting with Q. Makes about as much sense as
putting LIB at the end of all your library names.
Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
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