RE: Procedures are FUN!

Okay, now less than fun.

I know that this isn't exactly cricket, but I tried to do something "clever"
and got burned.

In order to allow a gradual move from a called subprogram to a procedure, I
thought I'd do the following:

1. Put all the primary code in a procedure
2. Export the procedure
3. In the subprogram mainline, simply put a call to the procedure

This way, other modules could either call the procedure directly, or call
the subprogram passing in the parameters.  I'd be able to wean my programs
off of the subprogram call and onto the procedure one at a time.  This
seemed like a good idea.

Until I did this on a program with a file.  It seems that no combination of
things I tried will allow me to intermix calls to a procedure and calls to
the mainline.  I started out by getting "File already open or in error"
(CPF4132) in the *INIT of the subprogram.  Next, I tried making the files
USROPN, and opening them once in the subprocedure based on a static
variable.  Still errors in the subprogram call.  I finally went so far as to
check to see if the file was open using the %open BIF, and then if not
attempting to open the file, but when I come through the mainline, I get
CPF4132.

Evidently, there is some mismatch between the *INIT and the procedure.  I'll
just break the code into a callable subprogram which in turn calls the
module, but I just thought I'd share this little bit of information.

Joe