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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:13:35 -0600, Lim Hock-Chai <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wish I can discuss more but got too many projects at hand. ==> last post. > > Wouldn't it be easier to just put in the F spec, which will be auto opened by > the program? Let those files stay open until user exit the program (*inlr = > *on), which RPG auto closes them. > Again, I don't see the advantage of having to populate the file handle > datastructure, passing it around, and probably have to check for null before > using it just in case something goes wrong. > Again, RPG IO do those things automatically for you, why code them? because once you call out of your program into another program or service program you have to open the file again if you want to use it. That could be a waste of resources. But modularity is main reason. I dont want my procedures to interfere with each other. That means no globals and F spec files are all global. -Steve
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