Re: the ASSET issue again

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Leslie,

In a message dated 9/18/00 3:20:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
leslier@datrek.com writes:

> 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. 

Well, "a loop executed 15 times unnecessarily" is poor AS/Set code -- either 
on the part of the tool or the part of the coder.  An _ENDLESS_ loop, 
however, is a natural event.  The latter is a result of the "bastardization" 
of AS/Set by SSA for BPCS purposes.  Anyone who has added a file to a data 
model without specifying "Y" for "Unique Key" via the appropriate function 
key knows about getting a file suffixed with an "X" in your RPG program for 
files that are updated.  ADK originally generated CL that performed an OVRDBF 
to the "X" file to allow updates without fear of looping.  The "unique key" 
function can loop if the key is not truly unique.

If you're getting "statementless loops" or empty subroutines, you're doing 
something wrong.  Feel free to forward your code to me, and I'll fix it -- no 
charge.

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Anyone who is not liberal in their youth has no heart.  Anyone who is not 
conservative in their adulthood has no brain." -- Winston Churchill
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