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Okay, thanks for everyone's input.  I think I'll continue to use the BASED()
keyword since there seems to be no additional overhead and if another
programmer removes the keyword, oh well. I am not using it to later define a
DS when I need it, I was just using it for LIKE() field definitions.  

Thank you,
Matt Tyler
WinCo Foods, LLC
mattt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:55 p
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Based data structure template

On Apr 4, 2005 1:31 PM, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I am aware that this is the accepted practice, but I think it is a
waste
> of time. As I understand it, data structs are not initialized at module
> start, so a plain old qualified data struct will not impact the running of
a
> program in that way.
> 
> Data structures are initialized to spaces by default.  The INZ keyword on
a
> DS causes each field to be initialized according to its type (i.e. zero
for
> numerics)

oh ...  I still think the added clutter is bad practice ;)

-Steve
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