RE: H ActGrp('QILE') vs H ActGrp(*caller)

What's wrong with doing RCLACTGRP(user-named actgrp)?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Sims, Ken
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:32 PM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: H ActGrp('QILE') vs H ActGrp(*caller)
>
>
> Hi Joel -
>
> >*NEW is a named activation group.  The system just picks
> >the name for you.
>
> Well, excuse me for not using the full term "user-named activation group"!
> <G>
>
> >I do use it for exactly the circumstances we're talking
> >about because it pretty much guarantees a unique identifier.
> >I would use a name if I was sure that the job would never,
> >never, never have more than one instance at a time,
>
> The job will never have more than one instance of a user-named activation
> group at a time.  Once the activation group is created, anything that
> specifies that activation group will run in that same activation
> group until
> it is destroyed.
>
> >just because I like human readable names.  I'd have to be
> >real sure, though. <g>
>
> If you use a user-named activation group, it will not be automatically
> destroyed when no longer in use; a system-named activation group will be.
> To me that is a significant difference and automatic cleanup is much more
> important than having a meaningful name.  (The system-named activation
> groups have human readable names, they just aren't particularly
> meaningful.
> <G>)
>
> Ken
> Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
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> the views of
> my employer or anyone in their right mind.
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