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RE: prefixed commas . . are more readable , more understandable.

So in RPG, which do people think is more readable:

promptPrintForms(
rbcnppfUSER :
rbcnppfSSN :
rbcnppfSTDCD :
rbcnppfPKG :
rbcnppfID :
rbcnppfTXNO :
rbcnppfHCOR :
rbcnppfRESULT :
rbcnppfDO_ALL )

-or-

promptPrintForms
( rbcnppfUSER
: rbcnppfSSN
: rbcnppfSTDCD
: rbcnppfPKG
: rbcnppfID
: rbcnppfTXNO
: rbcnppfHCOR
: rbcnppfRESULT
: rbcnppfDO_ALL
)

This different format is not something that can be easily customized
inside your RDp editor,
but code-generators /and/ snippets might work well with this format.

The main thing is not to mix the two different styles within the same
section of code.
Make a logical break in the code if you are going to change the style.

- John Voris


from: Joe Pluta
subject: Re: RPG, open source, and the web

Henrik, . . .I must admit that I can see how the prefixed commas are
much more
readily identifiable than postfixed ones, and I'm pretty sure I
assimilate them better. . . .

Mihael, you may think I'm crazy bringing in LEAN psycologist into
programming, but just notise the "commas"
that is set in the front instead of the back in the above code - the
human
brain processes these commas in a
rate 3 times faster than if it was in the end of the statement if the
code
is hirachical structured - in 10 statements
you cannot hardly measure the diffence - but programmers during years
has to
read million of statements and suddenly
the time to mind- mapp code makes a difference.

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