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>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:04:23 -0500
>From: Gary Guthrie <GaryGuthrie@home.com>
> ...
>With respect to your comment that if one did place them in a copy member
>they'd need to change the name on both the PR and the PI, I'm presuming
>you mean to prevent duplicate names.

No, I meant that EntryParms makes no sense as the name of a program to be
called.  I don't think that suggesting a prototype name like "EntryParms"
makes much sense even for tutorial purposes since it adds something to be
unlearned later.

>Jim was provided with many comments such as
> ...
>    Use CONST because the program doesn't change the parameters
> ...
>It seemed to me that Jim had just selected some quick and easy code for
>some RPG IVesque commentary. I didn't think he wanted us to give him
>everything there was to give with respect to RPG and design!

It seemed that way to me too, which was why I only concentrated on the
fundamental RPG IV things - D spec style, and using a prototyped
parameter-list.  I think the concept of CONST parameters is a
fundamental one, not a triviality that can be introduced later.
Too many experienced RPG IV programmers still declare variables
to hold CONST and VALUE parameters.

Barbara


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