On 2019-04-15, at 09:17:09, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>> SYNADAF provides the DDname, which is sufficient
>
> Not when the dataset is dynamically allocated. I would not expect the OP to
> have a clue what dataset SYS00001 is.
> That said, I consider this to be a case of missing information rather than an
> issue with the data in the message; what needs clarification is the referent
> of "WRNG.LNTH.RECRD"; IMHO changing the text to "Wrong Length Record" would
> serve no purpose.
>
The clarification (as you suggested earlier) exists in:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.idad500/xmbf.htm
... but this an endemic deficiency, and concealing it in HLASM would
be a further assault on the design integrity of OS/360's I/O abstraction.
The deficiency should be remedied in DFSMS, not HLASM, and should be
extensible to provide for unforseen future enhancements in DFSMS.
I'll suggest an alternatuve SYNADAX call that returns a pointer to
an XML string with no specified maximum length, perhaps reasonably
formatted with use of vertical and linear white space.
-- gil
