makeSASNames function truncated variable names to 8 characters

[kaipingyang]

I am a SAS programmer and in practice many SAS data set variables are allowed to exceed 8 characters in length.
When I wanted to generate XPT data using write.xport of SASxport, I found that the makeSASNames function forced truncation of variables to 8 characters.

There are two engines for XPT data in SAS:
One supports proc copy procedure step import, which limits variable names of SAS data sets to a maximum of 8 characters.
One supports proc cport procedure step import, which allow variable names of SAS datasets to exceed 8 characters in length.

Could you please enable SASxport generate data in XPT format that supports the proc cport procedure step import, allowing variable names in SAS datasets to exceed 8 characters in length?

Also, I found that write.xport seemed to support the tibble format a bit less than perfect, resulting in garbled characters.

Best wishes!