then short string missing values can be truncated in system files
because there's only room for as many characters as can fit in a
flt64. */
-#if MAX_SHORT_STRING > 8
-#error MAX_SHORT_STRING must be less than 8.
+#if MAX_SHORT_STRING > SHORT_NAME_LEN
+#error MAX_SHORT_STRING must be less than or equal to SHORT_NAME_LEN.
#endif
/* Special values. */