Re: Additional RPGLE Enhancement Requests

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

Dave Kahn write:
>
>On Jul 13 1997 Charlie Massoglia wrote:
>
>>>All this just to avoid the use of a GOTO....  *sigh*
>>>
>>I have given up debating the merits of GOTO's.  I only use a GOTO to the 
>end
>>of a subroutine.  If the subroutine name is @@EDIT, the tag on the ENDSR is
>>always EDIT@@.  However, this still offends structured purists.
>>
>>We really do need a GOTO *ENDSR opcode.  I would personally be satisfied
>>with GOTO *ENDSR but again, structured purists would still object.
>
>My vote would be for EXIT or EXITSR. However, I'd be perfectly satisfied 
>with GOTO *ENDSR. After all, the principal objection to GOTO doesn't apply 
>in this case - there's only ever one place it's going. Why not provide both 
>and let us choose which to use, or would that be too messy?
>
I like the EXITSR because EXIT used to mean execute an assembler subroutine
in RPG II with RLABL used to pass parms.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
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