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  3. January 2009

Re: Binding directory question

David FOXWELL wrote:

My question :
Given that we continue to bind exclusively by copy, what would happen if, instead of a BNDDIR for each program, we made one huge BNDDIR and shoved the whole lot of modules in it?
Does the compiler only use what it needs from the BNDDIR. Isn't it similar to having one PF as a data dictionary for using REFFLD in DDS?


BNDDIR is like a library list - the compiler will look through it to
find procedure names that it needs.

The biggest danger is name clashes. Let's say you have a getName in
your A/R module to get the company name. If you also have a getName in
your A/P module to get the payee name (from a different file) then the
compiler will not be able to tell which one any given program needs.

You may need a single source who controls procedure names.
--buck

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