Re: What bugs you about KLISTs in RPG IV?

>  Imagine for a moment:
>
>     cf   chain (custno: acctno: date) mastfile
>
>or even:
>
>     cf  chain (prodno: 'X' + subcode(n+14)) mastfile
>
>In other words, full expressions coded directly as key fields
>for the keyed I/O operations!
>
>So todays questions are:  Would you take advantage of this if
>available?  Would you still use KLISTs?

I would use the new way and stop using KLISTs because:

  1. I would not have to look for my KLIST definition to see
     what fields that I'm using to access the file. Saves time.

  2. I would not have to move fields from one to another in
     order to use them on a chain like a KLIST forces you
     to do.

This concept makes sense to me. I like it.

Joe Teff

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