RE: o specs in sub procedure

No, I wasn't trying to avoid global variables.  O specs can only see global
variables.  To use O specs I had the choice of using a global work variable
whose only role was to be a field in the audit report or using a subroutine
to avoid using a local variable.    

The report was before and after values for a field that was being updated
along with enough information to identify the record.  I realize there were
some other choices, but since the report was more for testing than anything
else, I didn't want to put a lot of work into it.  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:22 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: o specs in sub procedure
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Joel Fritz wrote:
> >
> > I think the easiest thing to do here is an externally 
> described print file.
> > Once I remembered I had Code Designer, it didn't seem so awful. <g>
> >
> 
> I must not understand your predicament.  I thought you didn't 
> want to use
> global variables -- an externally defined print file still 
> requires you to
> use global variables!
> 
> 
> > I could have used global variables and done it in a 
> subroutine.  I'm trying
> > to force myself to use subprocedures more, regardless of 
> whether they're
> > appropriate. <g>
> >
> 
> I don't understand this statement.   You can use a 
> subprocedure and do it
> exactly the same way as you would've done it with a 
> subroutine.  I don't
> understand why this is a "subprocedure" vs "subroutine" 
> topic.  Both use
> global variables and files in exactly the same way.
> 
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