Re: Chain doesn't set %EOF

Perhaps a READEL and a READEG
hehe.  SETLL and SETGT respectively.

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Re: Chain doesn't set %EOF






<snip>
> Rather that doing a SetLL/ReadE combo to start the loop it used to be
> shorthand to code a Chain with:
> 
> Chain ( SomeKey ) File;
> DoW Not %Eof( File );
>    // do something
>    ReadE ( SomeKey ) File;
> EndDo;
</snip>

That would be nice.  Also, when I first learned RPG, I was confused
about the READE op.  In the manual, it led me to believe that if you
open a file, and the first thing you do is a READE, you should be
positioned to the first record with a matching key, if there is one. 
I know now that is not true, and you have to 'prime the pump' with a
SETLL.

Too bad READE didn't have a built in mechanism to do the SETLL for
you, if you wanted it to.  I still like to use SETLL (it seems to be
quicker to use SETLL rather than CHAIN, if you just need to know if a
matching record exists, but don't need the record), but if READE
behaved this way, it would also shortcut the operation.


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