Re: AW: program won't let go of file -- RPG400-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

Subject: Re: AW: program won't let go of file
From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:46:15 -0400
List-archive: <http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l>
List-help: <mailto:rpg400-l-request@midrange.com?subject=help>
List-id: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l.midrange.com>
List-post: <mailto:rpg400-l@midrange.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l>, <mailto:rpg400-l-request@midrange.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l>, <mailto:rpg400-l-request@midrange.com?subject=unsubscribe>

On 2010/9/8 6:16 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:

Ah, but won't that program have a cycle? Perhaps not; it's not something I
would do.

No, when you use the MAIN keyword, there's no cycle. The module does have the *INIT part of the cycle, the same as a NOMAIN module, but the main procedure just runs through its calculations once and then returns.

In the manuals, we call it a "linear-main" procedure, as opposed to a "cycle-main" procedure.

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.