Re: the ASSET issue again

["Genyphyr Novak" <novakg@xxxxxxxx>]

The "No I don't use AS/SET" comment says it all for me. Not sure what you
are basing your opinions on here, if you are just looking at the RPG source,
rather than what it is generated from (ie, the Action Diagram).

The generator does not generate empty subroutines from a well-written
written action diagram. This is the fault of someone commenting out only a
portion of the action diagram, probably in the process of fixing a BMR, and
not getting references to the subroutine properly removed in the rest of the
code.

By the way, I never said there were not empty subroutines in the RPG source.
My point is that the reason for them existing has nothing to do with some
flaw in the AS/SET tool itself.

Thanks
Genyphyr Novak
SSA

-----Original Message-----
From: L. S. Russell <leslier@datrek.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: the ASSET issue again


>No, I don't use AS/SET.  But I have looked at more than enough AS/SET
>code to know that, yes Virginia there are empty sub routines.
>
>Genyphyr Novak wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Subroutines getting executed with no code to run inside them is not from
the
>> tool itself generating this, but is due to the person who did the
coding -
>> most likely some BMR had a subroutine commented out, but not all
references
>> to it were removed elsewhere, so it is called and does nothing. Sorry to
>> say, this is not the fault of the tool. Are you are using AS/SET? It
sounds
>> like you have never looked at the action diagrams to check to see what
they
>> look like.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Genyphyr Novak
>> SSA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: L. S. Russell <leslier@datrek.com>
>> To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
>> Date: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: the ASSET issue again
>>
>> >A loop is a loop, but a loop executed 15 times unnecessarily in effect
>> >slows down a program.
>> >Things like statementless loops, and sub routines (with nothing but
>> >BEGSR and ENDSR) are common in the AS/SET generated code we work in
>> >here.
>> >
>> >Betty, back me up :) lol
>> >
>> >helen@dekko.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I do not agree that the ASSET generated programs take longer to
execute.
>> >> The development time has been reduced significantly using this tool
and I
>> >> believe that it is not all that difficult to debug using STRISDB.
It's
>> >> simply a matter of becoming familiar with the naming conventions and
>> >> getting accustomed to reading ASSET source.


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