Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 Contractor1@Parkdalemills.com wrote:

> 
> I agree that the semi-colon is nuisance. I'm already wondering how many
> times I'll have to recompile because I forgot a ';' at the end of a line.
> 

Just a quick point to make here:

putting a ";" at the end of every line is in no way more difficult than
putting a "C" at the beginning of every line. :)

In fact, if you really wanted to stick to the RPG tradition, a better 
method might be to use the "C in position 6" to determine when a new 
line begins.

In other words, something like this:

c if  %eof(CUSTMAS) and myLongNamedSubProcedure(Parm1: Parm2
          Parm3: Parm4) = *NULL
c SendError('Hey, that nonsense code didn''t work!')
c endif

The compiler can tell that line 1 continued because the continuation
didn't begin with the "C" at the beginning of the line.

See?  Its Like RPG.




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