On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Peter W. Draper wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, David Berry wrote:
>
> > The MESSYS__BUFOV error code is used by AMS (ams.c) and the associated
> > buffer length (MSG_VAL_LEN) is defined in messys/messys_len.h. I'm
> > unfamiliar with AMS myself. Does anyone have any feel for what side
> > effects there may be to increasing the AMS buffer length?
>
> No none.
>
> I like the way there's a comment reminding you to also change something
> called MESSDEFN, which doesn't seem to exist, but, I think that comment
> means change the Fortran MESSYS_LEN to match. Looking at that file
> indicates the message length has grown from 136 to 256 to the current 500
> (done in 1990), so it must be tractable and more than doubling doesn't
> seem to be a worry in the past (albeit quite distant, and on VMS).
Probably best for Brad to make the change on an experimental basis at JAC
first of all (since they are big AMS users), and then commit it if it
doesn't break anything. Question is, how big should the buffer be? How
long is a piece of string?
David
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