Re: dynamic program CALLS

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth

At 06:57 PM 12/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>on 12/06/97at 12:07 PM, the Great and Grand  Wazir John Carr
><74711.77@compuserve.com> said:
>
>>The RETURN CL command just ends the program and returns to its caller.
>>Just like Setting on *INLR and doing a Return opcode in RPG.   
>
>I am still unclear then.  I'd felt that setting on *INLR and also doing a
>RETURN was redundant.  I'd felt that a programmer would plan on one, the
>other, or neither.

They are redundant. I.e., once you've set on *INLR, the program will end
without a RETRN. Nothing wrong with including it, tho', AFAIK.

>Also, is there anything wrong with RETURNing from a program and relying
>upon the closing of upstream programs to close the downstream programs?

Closing upstream programs doesn't necessarily close resources in an RPG
that did not end with *INLR on. This can result in files remaining open, e.g.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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