Specifies the portion of an identifier name that the compiler will consider to be significant.
Syntax:
>>-----IDENTIFIERLEN--"integer"------><
Parameters:
-
integer
- The number of characters or bytes of an identifier name to use as a unique identifier. Valid values are:
- 30
- Use the first 30 characters
- 31
- Use the first 31 characters
- 62
- Use the first 62 bytes
- 128
- Use the first 128 bytes
Properties:
| Default:
|
IDENTIFIERLEN"128"
|
| Phase:
|
Syntax check
|
| $SET:
|
Initial
|
Comments:
The internal space constraints of some multi-byte character sets mean that some integers are expressed in bytes, not characters. A character is considered to be an ASCII, UTF-16, or SHIFT-JIS/EUC character. If the identifiers are UTF-8 encoded, then integer indicates number of bytes.