Subroutines > Introduction

Limits and Capacities

Item

Size / limit / capacity / description

Updated in A-Shell build...; old value

Number of parameters than can be passed to a subroutine

100

1135 of 22 Jan 09; 30

Size of subroutine name

Six characters. This is in contrast to general filenames, which can be up to ten characters. Applies to SBX and SBR.

 

Maximum size of a parameter passed in or out of a subroutine

2**24-1 (16,777,215) bytes

 

Number of subroutines on disk or called in a single program

No inherent limit

 

Number of modules that can be loaded into user memory

96 (per job). Note that subroutines are modules.

854 of Nov 03; 32