standards for coding constants

Here’s an example of our shop’s RPG code :



IF wCstTy = ‘TEA’ ;



Means if the customer type indicates a teacher. Cst for customer, Ty for
type, w for local variable.



I would write this way, using a globally defined constant :



IF wCstTy = gCUSTOMER_TYPE_TEACHER ;



I proposed that we create a copybook for such constants so that everyone
would use the same names and to avoid seeing this kind of thing :



D gA C CONST(‘A’)



My wish was granted, and a copybook has been created. But now, I can’t use
the constant in my example above. I now have to write :



IF wCstTy = gCSTTY_TEA ;



I feel like I’m bashing my head against a brick wall.



Any comments to make me see the error of my ways would be more than welcome.