Message The external identifier name exceeds <number> characters; truncated to "<truncated spelling>". Description The length of an identifier with external linkage exceeds the maximum allowed on this platform. The name used in an output object file will be truncated to meet the platform restrictions. Note that the debugger name will be unchanged. User Action Reduce the size of the name. On OpenVMS platforms the /NAMES=SHORTENED qualifier can also be used. When the qualifier is specified, the compiler will encode long external names instead of truncating them.