I missed the beginning of this thread so I may be way off in right field...

On Oct 10,  1:08pm, Chris Breemer wrote:
> Subject: Re: c89 include paths
> Walter Murray wrote:
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, did you check with the Response Center?
> > This sounds a lot like a known problem.  If the RC can't help
> > you, feel free to e-mail me directly.
> >
> Short update- RC told me that the command-line length limitation
> is going to be relieved in MPE 6. No fix for 5.5 is considered.

I don't know if the above "command line" refers to C89, the CI or
the CI's info= string.

In release 5.0 exp 3(?, maybe earlier?) the CI's command line buffer was
increased from 279 to 511 bytes.  But the RUN command is parsed by the
MYCOMMAND intrinsic and has a 255 byte token limit, so the info= string on
the run command is still limited to 255 bytes.  However, "implied run" (like,
XEQ progname "info") supports an info value up to as much as remains in the
511 byte CI buffer.

Jeff Vance, CSY

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