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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:52:48 -0500
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- From: Steve Bacher <seb@DRAPER.COM>
- Subject: Re: 8+ VARIABLE NAMES
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- C/370 V2R2 has support for long variable names, via the "LONGNAME"
- compilation feature. Be warned that this is not trivial to integrate
- into your (probable) normal C compile-and-link sequence. It requires
- the prelinker and some other stuff, the use under MVS of which is
- abysmally documented. I've managed to set things up so that I can
- use the longnames facility for my own compiles and links, and I am
- willing to post something on this, but you'll have to give me some
- time to collect my thoughts on this. And it's not obvious how or
- why it even works ;-).
-
- One hint: Forget about IBM's CLISTs. Use them as a guide to what
- you think you have to feed the utilities, but don't try to actually
- run them.
-
- - seb
-