RE: Single vs. Multiple Source Files (was Size of source physical files)

MCPARTLAND, Stan wrote:

> Like Dan, I'd like you to expand on your reasons for avoiding a single
> source file.  With the tools available today, I can't come up 
> with a single
> reason to use multiple source files.  PDM and WDT (CODE/400) are both much
> more effective tools when used with a single source file.  Source files by
> source type is just a "legacy" practice that was encouraged by 
> the System/38
> Programmer's Menu.  I agree that things such as division of duty, 
> security,
> and backup and recovery should be considered when designing an 
> application's
> landscape, but I don't see how source type has an impact. 
> 

We still use multiple source files. I guess that part of the reason is that 
we're
used to have it that way since the S/38 days, but some of us still use
the programmers menu (!). We have implemented an exit program to add extra
parameters to the CRT* commands - (like bndsrvpgm) stored in source comments in 
the beginning of each source. We could probably have used user defined options 
in
PDM in stead...

Another reason is that restore of members (if one should need it) takes a 
*long* time
when thousands of members are placed in the same source file.


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