Ok, I interpreted your text as asking our opinion on this way of implementation. Now I understand that is was a statement about how it's gonna work (whether we like it or not).
Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Relson Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 14:25 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: System Symbols Question >I would much favor a convention that reports the truncation as an error. >Then it's up to the caller to handle or ignore it. I don't disagree with your preference, but you are talking about changing thousands or millions of lines of code, and likely creating significant incompatibilities. Ain't gonna happen. The reality is that the choices lie between - changing nothing and - implementing what many customers (whether they voice their opinions on IBM-Main or not) have asked us for, namely to give them the "rope" and leave it to them to avoid doing something that "hurts". And if a customer does not want to take advantage of this functionality, nothing prevents them from avoiding it. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
