RE: Force EOF in a Subfile

Scott made a good point about how he uses READC.  Never, in a gazillion
years, would I suggest his programming methods are anything but current and
modern.  Therefore I need to retract my comment.  It was out of place.  

As to efficiency in programming...  who cares about efficiency?  We care
about effectiveness, not efficiency.  Programs using subfile and READC are
user interface programs, where the importance is in ease of user use and
future maintenance and understanding.   Looping 500 or even 2500 times
instead of 1 or 2 times is trivial and of no consequence.
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 08/15/05 07:45:47
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Force EOF in a Subfile
 
 
>From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
>Do away with the use of readc.  The experts say its deprecated now.
 
Haven't heard.  Do you know of any links of articles I can read?  Why is
it deprecated?
Reading 2 records vs. 500 in a subfile seems be a lot of I/O savings, so
I'd be curious how that would become inefficient compared to reading all
the records in a subfile.
 
 
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